Amahl and the Night Visitors

Name: Amahl and the Night Visitors
Director: Gian Carlo Menotti
Genre: Music, Drama, Family, TV Movie
Released: 1951-12-24
Duration: 55 min
Rating: 8
Cast: Chet Allen, Rosemary Kuhlmann, Andrew McKinley, David Aiken, Leon Lishner

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Amahl and the Night Visitors

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Status

Released

Production

NBC

Aired

1951-12-24

Amahl and the Night Visitors

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.

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