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
Walter Lendrich
Landkammerrat Ridel
Dieter Mann
Diener Karl
Annemone Haase
Amalie Ridel
Victor Deiß
Stephan Schütze
Fred Delmare
Bauer
Wolfgang Greese
Rühring
Thomas Neumann
Ferdinand Heinke
Barbara Brecht-Schall
Frau Elmenreich
Martina Servatius
Junge Lotte
Hilmar Eichhorn
Junger Goethe
Thomas Thieme
Kestner
Klaus Manchen
Paul Arenkens
Birgit Edenharter
Ilse Voigt
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