Darling of the Gods (1930)

Original title

Liebling der Götter

Directed by

Hanns Schwarz

Genre

drama film, musical film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 50m

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A German stage actor whose career stalls in Hollywood returns to his homeland. He gets involved in the making of a musical film, facing personal and professional struggles.

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What happens

Darling of the Gods (German: Liebling der Götter) is a 1930 German musical drama film directed by Hanns Schwarz and starring Emil Jannings, Renate Müller and Olga Chekhova. Jannings had recently returned from Hollywood where the arrival of sound films had harmed his career. The film was made at the Babelsburg studios, and based on the play Die Tokaier by Hans Müller. It was made by Erich Pommer's production unit, part of the German Major film studio UFA. It premiered at the Gloria-Palast in Berlin on 13 October 1930. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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