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Begegnung mit Werther (1949)

1h 28m

Running Time

Begegnung mit Werther (1949)

Name: Begegnung mit Werther
Genre: Drama
Released: 1949-08-05

1h 28m

Running Time

Plot.

Far-reaching film adaptation of Goethe's novel "Die Leiden des junge Werthers": The swarming young Werther gets to know Lotte at a festival at the village and falls in love with her. However, she is already engaged. Werther realizes that his love is hopeless and goes away. When he returns, Lotte is already married, but unhappy. Once again her love flares up, which leads to Werther becoming even more desperate. Finally, he chooses to die.

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Cast & Crew.

Horst Caspar

Werther

Heidemarie Hatheyer

Lotte

Paul Klinger

Albert

Paul Dahlke

Napoleon

Fritz Odemar

Graf

Rudolf Reiff

Amtmann - Lotte's Father

Klaus Behrendt

Karl Lieffen

Bursche

Hans Pössenbacher

Harald Mannl

Gesandter

Lisa Helwig

Christiane Felsmann

Frl. von Bassenheim

Hans Reiser

Karl-Heinz Stroux

Director

Arthur Mentz

Bauernbursche

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Writer

Georg Fiebiger

Producer

Friedl Behn-Grund

Cinematographer

Ernst W. Kalinke

Cinematographer

Details.

Release Date
August 5, 1949

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 28m

Genres
Drama

Last updated: 2024-07-03

Wiki.

Encounter with Werther (German: Begegnung mit Werther) is a 1949 West German historical drama film directed by Karl-Heinz Stroux and starring Horst Caspar, Heidemarie Hatheyer and Paul Klinger. It is based on the writing of the 1774 novel The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. It was released to commemorate the writer's second hundredth birthday in August 1949.

It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location in Limburg, Wetzlar and Marburg an der Lahn.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul Markwitz.