Hanno Schilf

Author, researcher of the origin of 'Silent Night Holy Night', founder of a museum and active in many different fields in the film business.

  Hanno Schilf
Author, researcher of the origin of 'Silent Night Holy Night', founder of a museum and active in many different fields in the film business.
Escape from GDR German Democratic Republic and start of a movie career
Vita part 1: In 1960, when he was 10 years old, Hanno Schilf escaped from East Germany with his mother. Later, he started a career in the theater and film business.


Research on "Silent Night, Holy Night"
Vita part 2: Researching the history of the Christmas carol, founding a museum, making a big discovery and winning a prize in Salzburg for his PR activities.


Silent Night Holy Night media project
The Silent Night project began in 1993 when Hanno Schilf moved to Salzburg in the capacity of author and film producer, to write the film script and initiate the international film


Research on Silent Night, Holy Night Research on Silent Night, Holy Night
1990 an exposé, in 1993 the first book is published. In 1995 the Joseph Mohr autograph from 1816 is discovered. 1996 the Joseph Mohr Museum in Steingasse 9 opens. Please go to Silent-Night-Museum.org for more information.


Executive producer for "The Red Phone" Executive producer for “The Red Phone“
After several years devoted to research on Silent Night, Holy Night, in 2001, Hanno Schilf returns to the film business this time as executive producer in the special agent series "The Red Phone".




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