Darling of the Gods

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 Tschechowa. 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.

Contents

• Synopsis
• Cast
• References

Synopsis

A selfish opera singer leaves his wife and home in Germany to travel the world's great cities. Eventually he is drawn back to his Bavarian homeland.

Cast

Emil Jannings as Albert Winkelmann

Renate Müller as Agathe

Olga Tschechowa as Olga von Dagomirska

Hans Moser as Kratochvil

Max Gülstorff as The Medizinalrat

Eduard von Winterstein as Dr. Marberg

Willy Prager as Maurus Colwyn

Siegfried Berisch as Romanones

Vladimir Sokoloff as Boris Jussupoff

Evaristo Signorini as Filipo Cardagno

Oskar Sima as Member of the Embellishment Company

Truus Van Aalten

Ethel Reese-Burns

Betty Bird

Lilian Ellerbusch

Betty Gast

Lydia Pollman

Valentine Wischnewskaja

Fritz Alberti

Luigi Bernauer

Fritz Greiner

Fritz Spira

Marcel Wittrisch