Release Date

15 May, 1975

Runtime

02:05: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) was the author of Werther, the romantic novel that was transformed into a play during Goethe's lifetime and which initiated the whole German romantic movement. The book's story tells of young love and suicide. In this East German film, based on a book by Thomas Mann, Lotte (Lilli Palmer) was the woman who served as the model for the heroine in the novel Werther. She comes to Goethe's hometown for a visit, and her experiences there eerily re-create episodes from the book. Goethe comes across as a pompous old bore, and his friends as pandering sycophants, in this very proper communist party-sponsored, anti-heroic movie.

Original Title

Lotte in Weimar

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Actors

Lilli Palmer

Martin Hellberg

Rolf Ludwig

Hilmar Baumann

Jutta Hoffmann

Katharina Thalbach

Monika Lennartz

Norbert Christian

Hans-Joachim Hegewald

Walter Lendrich

Dieter Mann

Angelika Ritter

Annemone Haase

Gisa Stoll

Christa Lehmann

Linde Sommer

Sonja Hörbing

Victor Deiß

Hans-Dieter Schlegel

Peter Köhncke

Wilhelm Gröhl

Crew

Egon Günther

Egon Günther

Thomas Mann

Rita Hiller

Erich Gusko