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".
as Father Joseph Mohr
as Magdalene
as Baron von Seidl
as Prior
as Franz Gruber
as Helga
as Archbishop
as Janza
as Father Noessler
as Rudolf
as Anna
as Robert
as Elisabeth
as Baader
as Hans
as Konrad
as Mauracher (as Christoph von Goetz)
as Sophia
