Love Me and the World Is Mine

For the 1906 ballad, see Love Me and the World Is Mine (song).

Love Me and the World Is Mine is a 1928 American silent romantic film directed by Ewald André Dupont (E.A. Dupont) and released by Universal Pictures.^[2][3]

Love Me and the World Is Mine
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Directed by	Ewald André Dupont
Written by	Imre Fazekas Albert DeMond Walter Anthony Paul Kohner
Based on	Die Geschichte von der Hannerl und ihren Liebhabem by Rudolf Hans Bartsch
Produced by	Carl Laemmle
Starring	Mary Philbin Norman Kerry Betty Compson
Cinematography	Jackson Rose
Edited by	Edward L. Cahn Daniel Mandell
Music by	Sidney Jones
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release dates	February 9, 1928 (1928-02-09) (New York City) March 4, 1928 (1928-03-04) (U.S.)
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)
Budget	$350,000[1]

Plot

Hannerl (Philbin) is a young woman growing up in Old Vienna. She falls in love with two men: A young army officer who can provide her love and security and an old wealthy man who can provide her a high-class life. She doesn't know who she wants to spend her life with, but must make her decision.

Cast

• Mary Philbin as Hannerl
• Norman Kerry as Von Vigilatti
• Betty Compson as Mitzel
• Henry B. Walthall as Van Denbosch
• Mathilde Brundage as Mrs. Van Denbosch
• Charles Sellon as Mr. Thule
• Martha Mattox as Mrs. Thule
• George Siegmann as Porter
• Robert Anderson as Orderly
• Albert Conti as Billie
• Emily Fitzroy as The Porter's Wife
• Charles Puffy as Coachman

Preservation

The film survives in copies held at Cinematheque Royale de Belgique, Brussels and the Danish Film Institute, Copenhagen.^[4]

See also

• Hannerl and Her Lovers (1921)
• Hannerl and Her Lovers (1936)