Overview
Father Joseph Mohr, a newly appointed priest in the town of Oberndorf (near Salzburg), meets the beautiful prostitute Magdalene. He struggles to change her situation and make a new life for her, and while doing so, they fall in love. Mohr struggles with his feelings for her, versus his commitment to God. Meanwhile, the Prior, Mohr's superior, whose corrupt dealings with the Baron von Seidl are threatened by Mohr's integrity and honesty, works (unsuccessfully) to falsely accuse Mohr of sexual misconduct with Magdalene, and thereby remove him from office. Meanwhile, Mohr and local schoolteacher Franz Gruber compose the hymn "Silent Night".
Cast
- Steve Bond as Father Joseph Mohr
- Nastassja Kinski as Magdalene
- David Warner as Baron von Seidl
- Günter Meisner as Prior
- Cyrus Elias as Franz Gruber
- Katharina Böhm as Helga
- Ferdy Mayne as Archbishop
- Franco Nero as Janza
- Anthony Quayle as Father Noessler
- William Carr Hickey as Rudolf