Whom the Gods Love

Dec 5, 1942

1h 52m

★ 7.5

Overview

Biographical film about the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Genres

Drama

Music

History

Production Companies

UFA

Wien-Film

Whom the Gods Love Trailers

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Cast

Mozart

Hans Holt

Aloisia Lange

Irene von Meyendorff

Konstanze Mozart

Winnie Markus

Anna Maria Mozart

Rosa Albach-Retty

Von Strack

Paul Hörbiger

Emperor Joseph II

Curd Jürgens

Frau Weber

Annie Rosar

Ludwig van Beethoven

René Deltgen

Johann Georg Albrechtsberger

Fritz Imhoff

Leopold Mozart

Walter Janssen

Sophie Weber

Thea Weis

Baron von Gemmingen

Richard Eybner

René and his two artist friends lead a meager but careless life in a Parisian small apartment, their main worry being to avoid the housekeeper. Whenever they get some money they call more friends in and celebrate. This is how he meets beautiful but fragile Denise, who wants to be a singer as himself, and they fall in love. Yet when she finds out her real condition she takes a drastic decision which will determine their fates. La Bohème arias, and more.

7.8

The Grapes of Wrath

Mar 15, 1940

Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his Uncle’s farm, and joins them the next day as they head for California and a new life... Hopefully.

8.0

Rome, Open City

Oct 8, 1945

In WWII-era Rome, underground resistance leader Manfredi attempts to evade the Gestapo by enlisting the help of Pina, the fiancée of a fellow member of the resistance, and Don Pietro, the priest due to oversee her marriage. But it’s not long before the Nazis and the local police find him.

8.4

Once Upon a Time in America

May 23, 1984

A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.

4.5

Nora

Feb 14, 1944

The film is an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's play A Doll's House. The film uses Ibsen's alternate ending where the unhappy couple are reconciled at the end

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3.0

The Trap

Apr 27, 1951

The course of an organized strike by workers from North Moravian steelworks in 1931 to resist mass layoffs during the economic crisis.

6.8

In Which We Serve

Sep 17, 1942

The story of the HMS Torrin, from its construction to its sinking in the Mediterranean during action in World War II. The ship's first and only commanding officer is Captain E.V. Kinross, who trains his men not only to be loyal to him and the country, but—most importantly—to themselves.

7.3

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Dec 29, 1939

Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the beauty of Esmeralda, a young Romani girl. The hunchback Quasimodo, Frollo's protege and bell-ringer of Notre Dame, lives in peace among the bells in the heights of the immense cathedral until he is involved by the twisted magistrate in his malicious plans to free himself from Esmeralda's alleged spell, which he believes to be the devil's work.

6.0

The Young Caruso

Oct 13, 1951

This music filled biopic follows the life of the legendary tenor Enrico Caruso from childhood poverty in Naples to the beginning of his rise to fame.

7.4

Cardinal Richelieu

Apr 18, 1935

The cunning Cardinal Richelieu must save King Louis XIII from treachery within his inner circle.

0.0

The Storm

Dec 1, 1952

Vörös Hajnal (Red Dawn), a co-operative is the venue of skylarking, while the storm destroys the wheat which is to be harvested soon. Árendás, a middle-peasant, voices severe accusations against members of the co-operative: out of negligence, they failed to keep the ditches clean. It is always the soft option they seem to favour, while the necessity of properly taking care of the farmlands is long-forgotten. Members of the co-operative and the village people are deeply divided.

0.0

Fourteen Lives

Sep 2, 1954

September 1952 in a mine in Northern-Hungary after an explosion water breaks in from the neighbouring shaft and fourteen miners become trapped. The whole country unites to save them.

0.0

The Blue Swords

Dec 30, 1949

The story of Johann Friedrich Böttger, an apothecary’s apprentice and alchemist’s assistant. Fleeing from the Prussian King, he goes to Saxony, where King Frederick August the Strong takes him to a fortress and demands that he create gold. Böttger is equipped with everything he would need for the task, but he has known for a while that actual gold production is a myth and instead experiments with porcelain—white porcelain, as the Chinese are said to possess. In 1709, he finally succeeds in surprising the King with the "white gold," the first white porcelain made in Europe, he hopes for freedom.

7.0

Die letzte Heuer

Apr 12, 1951

The ship stoker Heini Holler leaves Greece for health reasons and reports to the consulate of fascist Germany. The consul sends him back to Hamburg. He had previously reported him to the Gestapo there as politically suspicious. On his arrival, Holler is immediately arrested. His comrades kidnap the consul and demand an exchange for Heini, which is to take place in Marseille. The Gestapo agree to this as a pretense and secure the support of the French police to arrest the kidnappers. However, the solidarity of the sailors in Marseille is stronger and Heini is able to cure his lung disease in the Soviet Union.

6.0

Tower of London

Nov 17, 1939

In the 15th century Richard Duke of Gloucester, aided by his club-footed executioner Mord, eliminates those ahead of him in succession to the throne, then occupied by his brother King Edward IV of England. As each murder is accomplished he takes particular delight in removing small figurines, each resembling one of the successors, from a throne-room dollhouse, until he alone remains. After the death of Edward he becomes Richard III, King of England, and need only defeat the exiled Henry Tudor to retain power.

7.4

Mutiny on the Bounty

Nov 22, 1935

Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty. However, Bligh returns one year later, hell bent on revenge.

5.6

The Valley Resounds

Aug 22, 1950

Famous Romania communist propaganda movie, one of the templates to what followed. It is about the volunteers that built the Bumbești-Livezeni railroad.

6.2

In Our Village

Sep 20, 1951

The film shows that Romanian peasants were divided between those opposing and those embracing collectivization. The heated debates between the pro and con camps would ultimately lead to murder.

6.8

Friedrich Schiller – The Triumph of a Genius

Nov 13, 1940

The young Schiller, whose heart and soul are writing and poetry, is forced into the military academy (the pride and joy of the Duke of Württemberg). Schiller is disgusted by the everyday routine of the military, always back and forth between breeding and drills. Conversation, conflict or even critique are discouraged – the oppression insufferable for the young rebel. Disgusted by the brutality, he writes his drama "The Bandit", which he would later publish anonymously. But following a frank conversation with the Duke, Schiller is dishonored and must leave the land.

6.1

Titanic

Sep 24, 1943

In 1912, the Titanic embarks on its inevitable collision course with history. In the wake of the over-spending required to build the largest luxury ship in the world, White Star Line executive Sir Bruce Ismay schemes to reverse the direction of his company's plummeting stock value. Onboard the Titanic, brave German 1st Officer Petersen struggles to convince his self-important British superiors not to overexert the ship's engines.

Cast

Mozart

Hans Holt

Aloisia Lange

Irene von Meyendorff

Konstanze Mozart

Winnie Markus

Anna Maria Mozart

Rosa Albach-Retty

Von Strack

Paul Hörbiger

Emperor Joseph II

Curd Jürgens

Frau Weber

Annie Rosar

Ludwig van Beethoven

René Deltgen

Johann Georg Albrechtsberger

Fritz Imhoff

Leopold Mozart

Walter Janssen

Sophie Weber

Thea Weis

Baron von Gemmingen

Whom the Gods Love

Overview

Genres

Production Companies

Whom the Gods Love Trailers

Cast

Hans Holt

Irene von Meyendorff

Winnie Markus

Rosa Albach-Retty

Paul Hörbiger

Curd Jürgens

Annie Rosar

René Deltgen

Fritz Imhoff

Walter Janssen

Thea Weis

Richard Eybner

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Whom the Gods Love Trailers

Cast

Hans Holt

Irene von Meyendorff

Winnie Markus

Rosa Albach-Retty

Paul Hörbiger

Curd Jürgens

Annie Rosar

René Deltgen

Fritz Imhoff

Walter Janssen

Thea Weis

Richard Eybner

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The Charm of La Bohème

The Grapes of Wrath

Rome, Open City

Once Upon a Time in America

Nora

The Trap

In Which We Serve

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Young Caruso

Cardinal Richelieu

The Storm

Fourteen Lives

The Blue Swords

Die letzte Heuer

Tower of London

Mutiny on the Bounty

The Valley Resounds

In Our Village

Friedrich Schiller – The Triumph of a Genius

Titanic