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1968 American film

The Legend of Silent Night

Directed by| Daniel Mann
Starring| see below
Narrated by| Kirk Douglas
Distributed by| American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1968) (USA) (TV) (original airing), now CBS Television Distribution

Release date

| 25 December 1968 (USA)

Running time

| ca 2:00:00
Country| USA
Language| English

The Legend of Silent Night is a 1968 American television film directed by Daniel Mann and starring James Mason, Kirk Douglas and John Leyton.

## Contents

* 1 Plot
* 2 Cast
* 3 Production
* 4 See also
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## Plot[edit]

Pastor Josef Mohr shows his poem to the local church organist Franz Gruber and Gruber composes music to the lyrics resulting in "Silent Night".

## Cast[edit]

* James Mason as Franz Gruber
* Kirk Douglas as Narrator
* John Leyton as Pastor Joseph Mohr
* Claudia Butenuth as Gretchen
* Manfred Seipold as Ernst

## Production[edit]

The Legend of Silent Night was filmed in Salzburg and Vienna, Austria.

## See also[edit]

* Silent Night, Holy Night (1976)
* Silent Mouse (1988)

## References[edit]

## External links[edit]

* The Legend of Silent Night at IMDb

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