The Sorrows of Young Werther (film)

Movie
Original title	The Sorrows of Young Werther
Country of production	GDR
original language	German
Publishing year	1976
length	105 minutes
Rod
Director	Egon Günther
script	Helga Schütz , Egon Günther
production	DEFA
music	Siegfried Matthus , Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
camera	Erich Gusko
cut	Rita Hiller
occupation
Hans-Jürgen Wolf : Werther Katharina Thalbach : Lotte Hilmar Baumann : Albert Heinz-Dieter Knaup : bailiff Herwart Grosse : Envoy Dieter Mann : From Steinfeld Klaus Piontek : Wilhelm Barbara Dittus : Mrs. Heilmann Angelika Mann : Cousin Juliane Korén : singer Irmhild Wagner : Fräulein von B. Bodo Krämer : Mr. Schmidt Stefan Lisewski : Editor Kurt Goldstein : Reinhard Peter Hladik : Count Gerhard Bienert : Pastor Anita Herbst : maid Paul Arenkens Simone Frost Johanna Schall Nico Turoff Jochen Diestelmann

The Sorrows of Young Werther is a DEFA film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe .

action

Lotte is engaged to Albert when young Werther falls in love with her at a ball. Werther advertises Lotte, but is rejected. He works in a law firm, but he can't forget Lotte. Lotte marries Albert, but Werther does not give up on winning Lotte's heart. Lotte himself vacillates between Albert and Werther, but cannot decide to separate from Albert due to social conventions. Lotte finally rejects Werther and he takes his own life.

Reviews

• Lexicon of international film : The failure of this passion is placed in a social context full of contradictions, which is intended to give the fateful encounter between Werther and Lotte a different dimension than just the private one. A careful staging whose artistic self-will requires an attentive audience.

literature

• Michael Staiger: Film adaptations of literature in German lessons. Oldenbourg, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-637-00557-0 , pp. 60-69.

Web links

• The Sorrows of Young Werther in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Young Werther's sufferings at the DEFA Foundation