Goethe tells his life

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Goethe tells his life was a 35-part radio play series by the NWDR by Hans Egon Gerlach with Mathias Wieman in the title role . It was first broadcast in 1949 on the occasion of the poet's 200th birthday. Episode 1 Gestirn - Birth - Childhood was broadcast on January 2nd under the direction of Ludwig Cremer , the last episode The Last Birthday was released - now staged by the main actor - on August 28th.

The radio play, with a total running time of over 25 hours, featured stars of the time such as Horst Caspar , Will Quadflieg , Albert Bassermann and Maria Wimmer , right down to the supporting roles . It resulted in a well-selling book edition, which was published repeatedly until 1982.

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Goethe narrates his life, combining Goethe's autobiographical descriptions, writings and numerous other documents with scenes prepared into a continuous dramatic audio image.

The individual consequences

Notes: Mathias Wieman spoke Goethe in all parts and also took over the direction from the fourth part. Ludwig Cremer directed the first three parts, which were produced in 1948 . As far as stated in the ARD radio play database, the role designations are noted after the names of the speakers.

  • Part 1: Stars - Birth - Childhood (first broadcast: January 2, 1949 | 39'00 minutes)
  • Part 2: Youth in Frankfurt (first broadcast: January 9, 1949 | 44'25 minutes)
  • Part 3: Student in Leipzig (first broadcast: January 16, 1949 | 44'40 minutes)
  • Part 4: Melancholy and Crisis in Frankfurt (first broadcast: January 23, 1949 | 45'20 minutes)
  • Part 5: Strasbourg - Breakthrough into the open air (first broadcast: January 30, 1949 | 43'55 minutes)
  • Part 6: Sesenheim (first broadcast: February 6, 1949 | 50'40 minutes)
  • 7th part: restlessness and first fame (first broadcast: February 13, 1949 | 40'30 minutes)
  • Part 8: Lotte in Wetzlar (first broadcast: February 20, 1949 | 44'40 minutes)
  • Part 9: Werther (first broadcast: February 27, 1949 | 44'55 minutes)
    • Speaker: Will Quadflieg (Young Goethe), Josef Dahmen (Kestner), Traute Moser (Lotte), Hans Quest (Jacobi), Joseph Offenbach (Börne), Helmut Peine, Georg Eilert, Ludwig Cremer, Heinz Sailer, Werner Dahms
  • Part 10: Das Weltkind (first broadcast: March 6, 1949 | 42'25 minutes)
    • Speaker: Erwin Linder (Lavater), Werner Dahms (Jacobi), Traute Moser (Pandora), Will Quadflieg (Young Goethe), Helmut Peine (Söller), Lilly Osmar (Frau von Klettenberg), Lillian Aye (Cornelia), Frank Dimen ( Visitor Schönborn), Ludwig Cremer (speaker), Wilhelm Semmelroth (locksmith)
  • Part 11: The Bridegroom (first broadcast: March 13, 1949 | 45'30 minutes)
  • Part 12: The Restless (First broadcast: March 20, 1949 | 43'55 minutes)
    • Speaker: Will Quadflieg (Young Goethe), Hermann Lenschau (Graf Stoltenberg), Gustl Busch (Babe Schulthes), Inge Stolten (Lili), Erwin Linder (Lavater)
  • Part 13: Demolition Frankfurt - Departure Weimar (first broadcast: March 27, 1949 | 44'40 minutes)
    • Speaker: Will Quadflieg (Young Goethe), Hans Paetsch (Zimmermann), Eduard Marks (Merck), Erwin Linder (Lavater), Oskar Dimroth (Knebel)
  • Part 14: The Demonic (first broadcast: April 3, 1949 | 43'50 minutes)
  • 15th part: The main business - The making of Faust (first broadcast: April 10, 1949 | 46'40 minutes)
  • Part 16: Visit to Weimar (first broadcast: April 17, 1949 | 42'10 minutes)
  • 17th part: The garden house - the official. First Weimar Years (first broadcast: April 24, 1949 | 43'35 minutes)
  • Part 18: The Office (first broadcast: May 1, 1949 | 44'45 minutes)
  • Part 19: The Girlfriend (First broadcast: May 8, 1949 | 49'20 minutes)
    • Speaker: Horst Caspar, Maria Wimmer, Lillian Aye, Felicitas Barg, Luise Franke-Booch
  • Part 20: Nature (first broadcast: May 15, 1949 | 47'05 minutes)
    • Speaker: Horst Caspar, Maria Wimmer, Heinz Klevenow, Heinrich Wick
  • 21st part: From Karlsbad to Rome (first broadcast: 22 May 1949 | 48'20 minutes)
  • 22nd part: Encounter with the South - Return to the North (first broadcast: May 29, 1949 | 45'15 minutes)
    • Speaker: Walter Grüntzig, Wilfried Frass , Maria Wimmer, Bernhard Minetti, Heinz Piper, Luise Franke-Booch
  • 23rd part: Roman resonance (first broadcast: June 5, 1949 | 44'20 minutes)
  • Part 24: The Alliance - Schiller I (first broadcast: June 12, 1949 | 44'40 minutes)
    • Speaker: Walter Franck , Traute Moser, Marianne Kehlau, Heinz Piper
  • Part 25: The Immortal Conversation - Schiller II (first broadcast: June 19, 1949 | 45'00 minutes)
    • Speaker: Walter Franck, Hans Paetsch, Werner Dahms, Heinz Piper, Manfred Steffen
  • Part 26: The Family (first broadcast: June 26, 1949 | 45'20 minutes)
    • Speaker: Christiane Merck, Gustl Busch, Gisela Mattishent, Oskar Dimroth, Heinz Piper, Heinrich Wick
  • Part 27: The European (first broadcast: July 3, 1949 | 44'50 minutes)
  • Part 28: Beethoven (first broadcast: July 10, 1949 | 60'00 minutes)
  • Part 29: Age and Youth (first broadcast: July 17, 1949 | 45'10 minutes)
    • Speaker: Hermann Schomberg, Erwin Linder, Peter Mosbacher, Richard Lauffen, Inge Stolten
  • 30th part: Suleika (first broadcast: July 24, 1949 | 44'10 minutes)
  • Part 31: The Lonely One (first broadcast: July 31, 1949 | 45'15 minutes)
    • Speaker: Hilde Krahl, Louise Dorsay, Heinz Piper, Peter Mosbacher, Hans-Conrad Goeseke, Ingeborg Blank-Spiegel
  • 32nd part: Trilogy of Passion (first broadcast: August 7, 1949 | 42'30 minutes)
    • Speaker: Ruth Niehaus, Erna Nitter , Wolfgang von Stas, Inge Stolten, Herbert AE Böhme, Eduard Marks, Heinz Klevenow
  • 33rd part: The house on Frauenplan (first broadcast: August 14, 1949 | 45'20 minutes)
  • 34th part: Hunch and view - from the two- and three-part inventions, JS Bach (first broadcast: August 21, 1949 | 48'10 minutes)
    • Speaker: Horst Caspar, Werner Dahms, Manfred Steffen, Hardy Krüger, Hermann Schomberg, Peter Mosbacher, Inge Stolten, Kaspar Brüninghaus
  • 35th part: The last birthday (first broadcast: August 28, 1949 | 44'15 minutes)

Repetitions

Large parts of the series were repeated in 1954.

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