Amahl and the Night Visitors
MovieTitle | Amahl and the Night Visitors |
User score | 8 |
Release date | Dec 24, 1951 |
Genre | Music, Drama, Family, TV Movie |
Director | Kirk Browning , Gian Carlo Menotti |
Production country | United States of America |
Production companies | NBC |
Run time | 55 min. |
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.