Das ewige Lied (1997)

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Country: Austria, Germany
Genres: Drama
Release: 1997-12-22
Director: Franz Xaver Bogner
Writers: Franz Xaver Bogner
Language: German
Stars: Tobias Moretti , Heio von Stetten , Erwin Steinhauer , Michael Mendl , Johannes Thanheiser , Jörg Hube , Karl Merkatz , Norman Schenk , Bernadette Heerwagen , Aaron Karl
Runtime: 120 min
Awards: 1 win
AKA: Silent Night (Germany) , Das ewige Lied
Plot: 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"
IMDB:tt0138427