Lotte in Weimar

Egon Günther
1975-05-15


5.2
125 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Lilli Palmer Lotte Unowned
Martin Hellberg Goethe Unowned
Rolf Ludwig Kellner Mager Unowned
Hilmar Baumann August Goethe Unowned
Jutta Hoffmann Adele Schopenhauer Unowned
Katharina Thalbach Ottilie von Pogwisch Unowned
Monika Lennartz Charlotte, Lottes Tochter Unowned
Norbert Christian Professor Meyer Unowned
Hans-Joachim Hegewald Dr. Riemer Unowned
Walter Lendrich Landkammerrat Ridel Unowned
Dieter Mann Diener Karl Unowned
Angelika Ritter Klärchen Unowned
Annemone Haase Amalie Ridel Unowned
Gisa Stoll Frau Riemer Unowned
Christa Lehmann Frau Meyer Unowned
Linde Sommer Frau Kirms Unowned
Sonja Hörbing Frau Coudray Unowned
Victor Deiß Stephan Schütze Unowned
Hans-Dieter Schlegel Hofkammerrat Krims Unowned
Peter Köhncke Oberbaurat Coudray Unowned
Wilhelm Gröhl Bergrat Werner Unowned
Fred Delmare Bauer Unowned
Wolfgang Greese Rühring Unowned
Thomas Neumann Ferdinand Heinke Unowned
Barbara Brecht-Schall Frau Elmenreich Unowned
Axel Triebel Diener Unowned
Martina Servatius Junge Lotte Unowned
Hilmar Eichhorn Junger Goethe Unowned
Thomas Thieme Kestner Unowned
Manuela Marx Unowned
Berko Acker Unowned
Klaus Manchen Unowned
Heinz-Dieter Knaup Unowned
Paul Arenkens Unowned
Hannes Stelzer Unowned
Horst Giesen Unowned
Heinz Laggies Unowned
Friedrich Teitge Unowned
Werner Kanitz Unowned
Jörg Gillner Unowned
Jochen Diestelmann Unowned
Birgit Edenharter Unowned
Ilse Voigt Unowned
Klaus Schleiff Unowned