Lotte in Weimar

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

May 15, 1975

Original language

German

Spoken languages

German

Countries

Germany

Production

DEFA,DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme

Cast

Lilli Palmer,Martin Hellberg,Rolf Ludwig,Hilmar Baumann,Jutta Hoffmann,Katharina Thalbach,Monika Lennartz,Norbert Christian,Hans-Joachim Hegewald,Walter Lendrichand 34 more

Director

Egon Günther

Writer

Egon Günther,Thomas Mann

Cinematography

Erich Gusko

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0071774