The Mozart Story (1948)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Directors:

Karl Hartl
Frank Wisbar

Writers:

Richard Billinger (writer)
Arthur St. Claire (new scenes)

Genre:

Biography | Drama | Music

Tagline:

Thrill to Mozart's "DON GIOVANNI" "MARRIAGE OF FIGARO" "MAGIC FLUTE" "ABDUCTION FROM THE SERRAGLIO" (original print ad - mostly caps)

Plot:

Story of the life and work of famed composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. |

Plot Keywords:

Vienna | Character Name In Title

Cast

Hans Holt	...	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Winnie Markus	...	Constanza Weber Mozart
Wilton Graff	...	Antonio Salieri (new scenes)
Irene von Meyendorff	...	Luisa Weber Langer
Annie Rosar	...	Mother Weber
Thea Weis	...	Sophie Weber
William Vedder	...	Franz Josef Haydn
Tony Barr	...	Ruffini
Carol Forman	...	Catherine Cavallieri (new scenes)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rosa Albach-Retty	...	Mother Mozart
Theodor Danegger	...	Deinert
René Deltgen	...	Ludwig van Beethoven
Richard Eybner	...	Baron Gemmingen
Doris Hild
Paul Hörbiger	...	Strack (the court chamberlain)
Fritz Imhoff	...	Albrechtsberger
Walter Janssen	...	Leopold (Mozart's father)
Curd Jürgens	...	Emperor Joseph II
Ferdinand Mayerhofer
Alfred Neugebauer
Erich Nikowitz	...	Süssmeyer
John Siebert	...	Duke of Mannheim
Susi Witt	...	Josepha Weber

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

Austria | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Patrician Pictures

Trivia:

This was an Austrian film that was begun prior to World War II, but was shelved, unfinished, when the war began. Soon after the war, a German poducer bought the rights to it, hired a German-American director and some American actors and crew, and filmed new scenes to finish the picture, then released it as a new film, when it was actually at least 10 years old.

Movie Connections:

Edited from Wen die Götter lieben (1942)