Assistant Pastor Josef Mohr arrived in Oberndorf in 1818. In a time of political upheaval and economic hardship he writes a Christmas carol together with the teacher Franz Gruber. The main roles in Franz Xaver Bogners fictive history of the most famous Christmas song in the world "Das ewige Lied" play Tobias Moretti, Heio von Stetten and Erwin Steinhauer.
Tobias Moretti
as Joseph Mohr
Heio von Stetten
as Franz Xaver Gruber
Erwin Steinhauer
as Pfarrer Nöstler
Michael Mendl
as Hans Schlagerer
Johannes Thanheiser
as Alois Hauser
Jörg Hube
as Johann Burgschwaiger
Karl Merkatz
as Angerer Wirt
Norman Schenk
as Markus Schlagerer
Bernadette Heerwagen
as Maria Mitterer
Aaron Karl
as Hannes Mitterer
Krista Posch
as Kräuter-Agnes
Andrea Eckert
as Elisabeth Burgschwaiger
