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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Known for: Writing

Biography: 1749-08-28

Deathday: 1832-03-22 (82 years old)

Biography

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (August 28, 1749 – March 22, 1832) was a German polymath who is widely regarded as the greatest and most influential writer in the German language. His work has had a wide-ranging influence literary, political, and philosophical thought in the Western world from the late 18th century to the present. A poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre-director, and critic, his works include plays, poetry and aesthetic criticism, as well as treatises on botany, anatomy, and colour.

Filmography

all 107

Movies 107

Writer 57

Writer

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Biography

Filmography

all 107

Movies 107

Writer 57

Young Werther (2024)

Ode to John Keats (2024)

Werther (2024)

Mephisto's House of Ill Repute (2021)

The Royal Opera House: Faust (2020)

Goethes Faust (2020)

The Last Faust (2019)

Massenet: Werther (2018)

Le songe de Lady Hamilton (2018)

Der Zauberlehrling (2017)

Erlkönig (2016)

Mefistofele (2016)

The Metropolitan Opera: Werther (2014)

Gounod: Faust (2011)

The Damnation of Faust (2011)

Faust (2011)

Massenet: Werther (2010)

Sometime in August (2009)

Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust (2008)

Werther (2008)

Faust (2006)

Werther (2005)

Faust (2004)

The Erl-King (2003)

The ErlKing (2003)

.com for Murder (2002)

666: In Bed with the Devil (2002)

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust II (2001)

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust I (2001)

Gladiators: Bloodsport of the Colisseum (2001)

Faust: Love of the Damned (2000)

Clavigo (1999)

The Damnation of Faust (1999)

Elective Affinities (1996)

A Dream, What Else? (1995)

Faust (1994)

Devil, I'm Bored (1993)

Werther (1990)

Reineke Fuchs (1989)

Mefistofele (1989)

Faust - Vom Himmel durch die Welt zur Hölle (1988)

Werther (1986)

Tarot (1986)

Torquato Tasso (1985)

Werther (1985)

Faust (1985)

The Night (1985)

Elective Affinities (1983)

Egmont (1982)

Stella (1982)

Stella (1982)

Clavijo (1982)

Faust (1982)

Götz von Berlichingen mit der eisernen Hand (1979)

Clavigo (1978)

Elective Affinities (1978)

The Sorrows of Young Werther (1976)

Novelle (1976)

The Unanswered Question III : Musical Semantics (1976)

Diary (1975)

Wrong Move (1975)

The Elective Affinities (1974)

Der Prokurator oder Die Liebe der schönen Bianca (1972)

Clavigo (1970)

Faust auf eigene Faust (1970)

Genius (1970)

Faust (1969)

Werther (1968)

Egmont (1967)

Stella (1967)

Die Mitschuldigen (1967)

Stella (1966)

Stella (1966)

Black Fox: The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler (1962)

Known For
Writing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1749-08-28

Deathday
1832-03-22 (82 years old)

Birth Name
Johann Wolfgang Goethe

Birth Place
Frankfurt, Germany

Religion
Lutheranism

Children
August von Goethe

Father
Johann Caspar Goethe

Mother
Catharina Elisabeth Goethe

Siblings
Cornelia Schlosser

Relatives
Peter im Baumgarten

Citizenships
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

Awards
Grand Cross of the House Order of the White Falcon, Knight Commander of the Order of Leopold (Austria), Order of Saint Anna, 1st class, Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur, Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, Officer of the Legion of Honour, Merit Order of the Bavarian Crown