Darling of the world
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Roses of love |
| Original title | Darling of the world |
| Country of production | Austria , France |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1949 |
| length | 97 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Max Neufeld Hervé Bromberger |
| script |
Siegfried Bernfeld Karl Farkas A. Legrand |
| production |
Eduard Hoesch Georges Dancigers |
| music |
Nikolaus Brodszky Frank Fox |
| camera | Oskar Schnirch |
| occupation | |
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Liebling der Welt , shown in Germany under the title Roses of Love , is an Austro-French romance film by Max Neufeld from 1949 with Nadja Gray, who is shown here as Nadine Gray, and OW Fischer in the leading roles.
action
In the “good old days” at the beginning of the 20th century, an artist agent, the somewhat greasy Harry Belmont, discovered the station attendant's daughter Gaby while passing through in a small Bohemian town, who obviously has a beautiful singing voice. It doesn't take him long to convince her to come with him and promises the young woman a great stage career. The small town girl soon made a name for herself as a revue singer as Gaby Desroses (French pseudonym for “Gaby der Rosen”), went on international guest tours and became quite popular. Her manager Belmont eventually becomes her lover too.
One day on one of her touring stations, Gaby meets the handsome Raoul, who is king of a southern operetta state. Raoul falls madly in love with her and the two start an affair. Belmont, who cheats on Nadja, is afraid of losing his protégé and his lover, but above all of losing his “best horse in the stable”, which has so far caused a full theater. And so Belmont stages a tangible intrigue, as a result of which Gaby leaves the king and returns to the vocal stage. But King Raoul does not give up and follows his Gaby. His love is so great that he finally renounces the throne just to be with his dream woman.
Production notes
Liebling der Welt was made in 1948 in the Rosenhügel film studios in Vienna as well as in the vicinity of Vienna and on the Côte d'Azur in southern France. The world premiere took place on March 11, 1949 in Vienna. In Germany, Liebling der Welt could be seen for the first time on December 23 of the same year in Dortmund. Occasionally the film is also performed under the title His Highness Must Not Kiss .
Gustav Abel designed the film structures. Doddy Delissen took over the singing parts for Nadja Gray.
A purely French-language version was produced with L'inconnu d'un soir , in which only Nadja Gray also participated. This version was launched on April 8, 1949 in Paris.
criticism
The lexicon of international films gave a succinct verdict: "A sentimental revue film."
Individual evidence
- ↑ darling of the world. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed July 1, 2020 .
Web links
- Favorite of the world in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Favorite of the world at filmportal.de