Amahl and the Night Visitors

Dec 24, 1951

0h 55m

★ 8.0

Overview

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.

Genres

Music

Drama

Family

TV Movie

Production Companies

NBC

Amahl and the Night Visitors Trailers

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Cast

Amahl

Chet Allen

The Mother

Rosemary Kuhlmann

King Caspar

Andrew McKinley

King Melchior

David Aiken

King Balthazar

Leon Lishner

The Page

Francis Monachino

Dancer

Melissa Hayden

Dancer

Nicholas Magallanes

Dancer

Glen Tetley

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