Das ewige Lied (1997)

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Tobias Moretti	...	Pastor Joseph Mohr
	Heio von Stetten	...	Lehrer Franz Gruber
	Erwin Steinhauer	...	Pfarrer Nöstler
	Michael Mendl	...	Hans Schlagerer
	Johannes Thanheiser	...	Alois Hauser (as Hannes Thannheiser)
	Jörg Hube	...	Johann Burgschwaiger
	Karl Merkatz	...	Angerer Wirt
	Norman Schenk	...	Markus Schlagerer
	Bernadette Heerwagen	...	Maria Mitterer
	Aaron Karl	...	Hannes Mitterer
	Krista Posch	...	Kräuter-Agnes
	Andrea Eckert	...	Elisabeth Burgschwaiger
	Paul Faßnacht	...	Carl Kreutzer (as Paul Fassnacht)
	Christine Mayn	...	Hanna Huber
	Rainer Frieb	...	Vater Mitterer

Storyline

A divided village is what country priest Joseph Mohr finds when he arrives at his new parish: a village cut in half by a river that forms a political and more importantly, a social border. Both sides are engaged in a bitter struggle, with the wealthy merchants on the one side trying to break the monopoly of the poor bargemen on the other. Braced by his strong sense of justice, Mohr fights for the rights of the impoverished bargemen. To give them a little comfort and warmth in their darkest moments, he and his friend Franz Xaver Gruber, the schoolteacher in the village, create a song that has become synonymous with Christmas all over the world: "Silent Night, Holy Night" Written by Anonymous  

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