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Amahl and the Night Visitors

Amahl and the Night Visitors

★ 8.0/10•1951•55m•NR•Music•Drama•Family

The historic, original, live airing of what would become an annual Christmas tradition throughout the 1950s, this opera tells the story of Amahl, a crippled shepherd boy, and his destitute mother, who provide temporary shelter to three men who are following a star to the newly-born Christ child.

Kirk Browning · Director

Gian Carlo Menotti · Director

StatusReleased
Runtime55m
LanguageEN
Release DateDec 24, 1951

Actors

Chet Allen

Amahl

Rosemary Kuhlmann

The Mother

Andrew McKinley

King Caspar

David Aiken

King Melchior

Leon Lishner

King Balthazar

Francis Monachino

The Page

Melissa Hayden

Melissa Hayden

Dancer

Nicholas Magallanes

Dancer

Glen Tetley

Dancer

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