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Magdalene (1988)
Directed by Monica Teuber
Overview
Father Joseph Mohr, a newly appointed priest in the town of Oberndorf (near Salzburg), meets the beautiful prostitute Magdalene. He struggles to change her situation and make a new life for her, and while doing so, they fall in love. Mohr struggles with his feelings for her, versus his commitment to God. Meanwhile, the Prior, Mohr’s superior, whose corrupt dealings with the Baron von Seidl are threatened by Mohr’s integrity and honesty, works (unsuccessfully) to falsely accuse Mohr of sexual misconduct with Magdalene, and thereby remove him from office. Meanwhile, Mohr and local schoolteacher Franz Gruber compose the hymn “Silent Night”.
Rated PG | Length 113 minutes
Actors
David Warner | Nastassja Kinski | Günter Meisner | Anthony Quayle | Franco Nero | Katharina Böhm | Ferdy Mayne | Max Tidof | Janet Agren | Francesca Ferre | Cyrus Elias | Steve Bond | Ralf Weikinger | Ulrich Günther | Hans-Christoph von Goetz | William Carr Hickey | Karina Szulc | Armin Kraft