Lotte in Weimar

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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.

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Creators

Egon Günther

director

Egon Günther

writer

Thomas Mann

writer

Cast

Lilli Palmer actor

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Martin Hellberg actor Rolf Ludwig actor

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Hilmar Baumann actor Jutta Hoffmann actor Katharina Thalbach actor

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Monika Lennartz actor

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Norbert Christian actor

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Hans-Joachim Hegewald actor

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Walter Lendrich actor Dieter Mann actor

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Angelika Ritter actor

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Annemone Haase actor

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Gisa Stoll actor

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Christa Lehmann actor

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Linde Sommer actor

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Sonja Hörbing actor

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Victor Deiß actor

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Hans-Dieter Schlegel actor

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Peter Köhncke actor