Lotte in Weimar
125 mins
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.
Hans-Joachim Hegewald
Dr. Riemer
Angelika Ritter
Klärchen
Gisa Stoll
Frau Riemer
Christa Lehmann
Frau Meyer
Linde Sommer
Frau Kirms
Sonja Hörbing
Frau Coudray
Peter Köhncke
Oberbaurat Coudray
Wilhelm Gröhl
Bergrat Werner
Axel Triebel
Diener
Rita Hiller
Editor
Erich Gusko
Director of Photography