Wen die Götter lieben - Whom the Gods Love (Film 1942)

Whom the Gods Love (German: Wen die Götter lieben) 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. Audio in German with English subtitles.

It was made as a co-production between the giant German studio UFA and Wien-Film. The title refers to Mozart's middle name Amadeus (Latin for "love God") and to the aphorism "he whom the gods love, dies young" (Latin: "quem di diligunt, adolescens moritur") from Plautus' Bacchides, lines 816–17, and earlier Greek sources, including Homer's mention of Trophonius; Mozart died at the age of 35. A British film of the same title had been released in 1936.

Cast & Characters:
Hans Holt as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Irene von Meyendorff as Luisa Weber Langer
Winnie Markus as Konstanze Weber Mozart
Paul Hörbiger as Von Strack
Walter Janssen as Leopold Mozart
Rosa Albach-Retty as Frau Mozart
Annie Rosar as Frau Weber
René Deltgen as Ludwig van Beethoven
Thea Weis as Sophie Weber
Susi Witt [de] as Josepha Weber
Curd Jürgens as Emperor Joseph II
Hans Siebert as Duke of Mannheim
Richard Eybner as Baron von Gemmingen
Fritz Imhoff as Albrechtsberger
Karl Blühm [de] as Hoeffer
Erich Nikowitz [de] as Süssmayr