Lotte in Weimar

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

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 Walter Lendrich Landkammerrat Ridel Dieter Mann Diener Karl Angelika Ritter Klärchen

Metadata from the source database.