Silent Night: The Story of the Christmas Carol

Silent Night: The Story of the Christmas Carol (1953)

** 1/2 (out of 4)

Decent 13-minute documentary taking a look at the song "Silent Night" from the time it was written to the music and finally to it being performed across the world. A few weeks ago I watched a British short from 1939 called STARLIGHT NIGHT, which covered the same information but it was so drawn out and boring that it was nearly impossible trying to figure out the story of the song. This here runs half the time shorter and does a much better job at giving you the history of Father Mohr, his journey and how it led him to write the song. It's pretty obvious that this was shot on a very low budget so the cinematography, editing and structure isn't the greatest. There's no doubt that the film could have used a tad bit more energy to keep things moving better but if you're unfamiliar with the history then I think this film does a good job at telling it.