Whom the Gods Love (1936 film)
| Whom the Gods Love | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Basil Dean |
| Written by | Margaret Kennedy Gordon Wellesley |
| Produced by | Basil Dean Isadore Goldsmith |
| Starring | Stephen Haggard Victoria Hopper John Loder Liane Haid |
| Cinematography | Jan Stallich |
| Edited by | Thorold Dickinson |
| Music by | Ernest Irving |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | ABFD |
Release date | February 1936 |
Running time | 82 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Whom the Gods Love, also known as Mozart, is a 1936 British biographical film directed by Basil Dean and starring Stephen Haggard, Victoria Hopper and John Loder. The film portrays the life of the Eighteenth Century Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Cast
- Stephen Haggard as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Victoria Hopper as Constance Mozart
- John Loder as Prince Lobkowitz
- Liane Haid as Aloysia
- Jean Cadell as Frau Mozart
- Hubert Harben as Leopold Mozart
- Frederick Leister as Emperor
- Marie Lohr as Empress
- Laurence Hanray as Archbishop of Salzburg
- George Curzon as Lorenzo Da Ponte
- Richard Goolden as Weber
- Muriel George as Frau Weber
- Raymond Huntley as Langer
- Leueen MacGrath as Josefa Weber
Bibliography
- Harper, Sue. Picturing the Past: The Rise and Fall of the British Costume Film. British Film Institute, 1994.
External links
- Whom the Gods Love at IMDb
- Whom the Gods Love on All About Mozart
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Categories:
- 1936 films
- English-language films
- 1930s musical drama films
- 1930s historical musical films
- British films
- British black-and-white films
- British historical musical films
- British musical drama films
- Films directed by Basil Dean
- Associated Talking Pictures
- Biographical films about musicians
- Films about classical music and musicians
- Films about composers
- Films set in the 1770s
- Films set in the 1780s
- Films set in the 1790s
- Films set in Vienna
- Films shot in London
- Films shot in Vienna
- Cultural depictions of Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in fiction
- 1936 drama films
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