---
title: 'Whom the Gods Love (1942)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Karl Hartl'
released: '1942-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 111
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'Austria'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/whom-the-gods-love-1942'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035540/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Whom the Gods Love (1942)

1942 · 111 min · Drama, History · Germany, Austria

Original title: Wen die Götter lieben

## Synopsis

Whom the Gods Love is a 1942 Austrian historical musical film directed by Karl Hartl and starring Hans Holt, Irene von Meyendorff, and Winnie Markus. The film is a biopic of the Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It was made as a co-production between the giant German studio UFA and Wien-Film which had been set up following the German annexation of Austria. The film was part of a wider attempt by the Nazis to portray Mozart as an authentic German hero. Like many German biopics of the war years, it portrays the composer as a pioneering visionary.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Karl Hartl](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-hartl)
- **Screenplay:** [Eduard von Borsody](https://cinepixo.com/people/eduard-von-borsody), [Richard Billinger](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-billinger)
- **Director of Photography:** [Günther Anders](https://cinepixo.com/people/gunther-anders)
- **Editor:** [Henny Brünsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/henny-brunsch)

## Cast

- [Alfred Neugebauer](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-neugebauer)
- [Hans Holt](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-holt)
- [Theo](https://cinepixo.com/people/theo)
- [Josefine Kramer-Glöckner](https://cinepixo.com/people/josefine-kramer-glockner)
- [Richard Eybner](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-eybner)
- [Annie Rosar](https://cinepixo.com/people/annie-rosar)
- [Theodor Danegger](https://cinepixo.com/people/theodor-danegger)
- [Winnie Markus](https://cinepixo.com/people/winnie-markus)
- [Ferdinand Maierhofer](https://cinepixo.com/people/ferdinand-maierhofer)
- [Franz Herterich](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-herterich)
- [Erich Nikowitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/erich-nikowitz)
- [Rosa Albach-Retty](https://cinepixo.com/people/rosa-albach-retty)
- [Louise Kartousch](https://cinepixo.com/people/louise-kartousch)
- [Irene von Meyendorff](https://cinepixo.com/people/irene-von-meyendorff)
- [Thea Weis](https://cinepixo.com/people/thea-weis)

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Official site: http://www.tk-telefilm.co.jp/mozart.html
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/whom-the-gods-love-1942
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