Carl Orff: Christmas Story

Year Published: 1964

Country of Origin: Germany

Description: 16mm Film - Carl Orff: Christmas Story - BRD 1964 Direction: Karl Wesseler Script: Carl Orff and Gunild Keetman Camera: Claude Robin and Franz Vass Cast: Shepherd boys Tobi Reiser Salzburg, Tölzer Boys' Choir under the direction of Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden Orff takes up the tradition of the medieval play, which has remained alive to this day, especially in the Alpine processions of shepherds and kings. The story is retold in Bavarian dialect and acted out by boys. Recorded in the collegiate church on the Nonnberg in Salzburg, the film was broadcast on ZDF at Christmas 1964. Unfortunately, the “Gloria” of the angels had to be muted.

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