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.
Egon Günther
Director, Writer
Lilli Palmer
Lotte
Martin Hellberg
Goethe
Rolf Ludwig
Kellner Mager
Hilmar Baumann
August Goethe
Jutta Hoffmann
Adele Schopenhauer
Katharina Thalbach
Ottilie von Pogwisch
Monika Lennartz
Charlotte, Lottes Tochter
Norbert Christian
Professor Meyer
Hans-Joachim Hegewald
Dr. Riemer
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