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Release Date:
November 25, 1988
Original Title:
Magdalene
Genres:
Drama | Romance
Production Companies:
Silent Night GbR
TAT Filmproduktion
Production Countries:
Germany
Ratings / Certifications:
US: PG
Runtime: 113
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".
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Art Direction:
Vlastimir Gavrik
Associate Producer:
Carlo U. Quinterio
Casting:
Bob Morones
Costume Design:
Fabrizio Caracciolo
Director:
Monica Teuber
Director of Photography:
Armando Nannuzzi
Editor:
Stefan Arnsten
Executive Producer:
Hans-Christoph von Goetz
Original Music Composer:
Cliff Eidelman
Producer:
Monica Teuber
Ernst Ritter von Theumer
Production Design:
Gianni Quaranta
Writer:
Monica Teuber
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