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