Whom the Gods Love

Directed by Karl Hartl

With Hans Holt, Irene von Meyendorff, Winnie Markus, Rosa Albach-Retty and Paul Hörbiger

In the first of Hartl's two Mozart biographies, Hans Holt plays the robust and dashing composer who, in keeping with the spirit of the film's time of origin, sets out into the world like a soldier of art after his falling out with the Salzburg authorities. Instead of conquering lands, he conquers the hearts of young ladies, like one of his most famous creations.