Lotte in Weimar

The story

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

L Lilli PalmerLotte M Martin HellbergGoethe R Rolf LudwigKellner Mager H Hilmar BaumannAugust Goethe J Jutta HoffmannAdele Schopenhauer K Katharina ThalbachOttilie von Pogwisch M Monika LennartzCharlotte, Lottes Tochter N Norbert ChristianProfessor Meyer H Hans-Joachim HegewaldDr. Riemer W Walter LendrichLandkammerrat Ridel D Dieter MannDiener Karl A Angelika RitterKlärchen

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A Annemone HaaseAmalie Ridel G Gisa StollFrau Riemer C Christa LehmannFrau Meyer L Linde SommerFrau Kirms S Sonja HörbingFrau Coudray V Victor DeißStephan Schütze H Hans-Dieter SchlegelHofkammerrat Krims P Peter KöhnckeOberbaurat Coudray W Wilhelm GröhlBergrat Werner F Fred DelmareBauer W Wolfgang GreeseRühring T Thomas NeumannFerdinand Heinke B Barbara Brecht-SchallFrau Elmenreich A Axel TriebelDiener M Martina ServatiusJunge Lotte H Hilmar EichhornJunger Goethe T Thomas ThiemeKestner M Manuela Marx B Berko Acker K Klaus Manchen H Heinz-Dieter Knaup P Paul Arenkens H Hannes Stelzer H Horst Giesen H Heinz Laggies F Friedrich Teitge W Werner Kanitz J Jörg Gillner J Jochen Diestelmann B Birgit Edenharter I Ilse Voigt K Klaus Schleiff