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