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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
M
Martin Hellberg
Goethe
R
Rolf Ludwig
Kellner Mager
H
Hilmar Baumann
August Goethe
J
Jutta Hoffmann
Adele Schopenhauer
K
Katharina Thalbach
Ottilie von Pogwisch
M
Monika Lennartz
Charlotte, Lottes Tochter
N
Norbert Christian
Professor Meyer
H
Hans-Joachim Hegewald
Dr. Riemer
W
Walter Lendrich
Landkammerrat Ridel
D
Dieter Mann
Diener Karl
A
Angelika Ritter
Klärchen
A
Annemone Haase
Amalie Ridel
G
Gisa Stoll
Frau Riemer
C
Christa Lehmann
Frau Meyer
L
Linde Sommer
Frau Kirms
S
Sonja Hörbing
Frau Coudray
V
Victor Deiß
Stephan Schütze
H
Hans-Dieter Schlegel
Hofkammerrat Krims
P
Peter Köhncke
Oberbaurat Coudray
