
Amahl and the Night Visitors
1951•55 min•
★8.0
MusicDramaFamilyTV Movie
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.
Cast & Crew

Chet Allen
Amahl

Rosemary Kuhlmann
The Mother

Andrew McKinley
King Caspar

David Aiken
King Melchior

Leon Lishner
King Balthazar

Francis Monachino
The Page

Melissa Hayden
Dancer

Nicholas Magallanes
Dancer

Glen Tetley
Dancer

DirectorGian Carlo Menotti
Similar Movies

A Town Called Panic: Christmas Panic!
2013
★7.1

Santa Buddies
2009
★5.9

Holiday Affair
1949
★6.8

Prancer
1989
★6.0

The Secret Lives of Dentists
2002
★5.9

Buster & Chauncey's Silent Night
1998
★5.6

Ernest Saves Christmas
1988
★5.4

Wake in Fright
1971
★7.3

Agora
2009
★7.0

La bohème - Liceu
2016
★9.0

Romeo et Juliette - Liceu
2018
★7.0

A Boyfriend for Christmas
2004
★5.6