Released:
1951-12-24

Overview:
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.

Directors:
Kirk Browning, Gian Carlo Menotti

Runtime:
0h 55min

Genre:
Music, Drama, Family, TV Movie

• Cast:
• 
  Chet Allen
  as
  Amahl
• 
  Rosemary Kuhlmann
  as
  The Mother
• 
  Andrew McKinley
  as
  King Caspar
• 
  David Aiken
  as
  King Melchior
• 
  Leon Lishner
  as
  King Balthazar