Lotte in Weimar (1975)
2h 5m
Running Time
May 15, 1975Release Date
Lotte in Weimar (1975)
2h 5m
Running Time
May 15, 1975Release Date
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Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
Lilli Palmer
Charlotte Buff Kestner
Martin Hellberg
Johann Wolfgang Goethe
Rolf Ludwig
Mager - the waiter
Hilmar Baumann
August Goethe - Goethe's son
Jutta Hoffmann
Adele Schopenhauer
Katharina Thalbach
Ottilie von Pogwisch
Monika Lennartz
Charlotte - Lotte's daughter
Norbert Christian
Meyer - Professor
Hans-Joachim Hegewald
Dr. Riemer
Walter Lendrich
Ridel - Landkammerrat
Dieter Mann
Diener Karl
Egon Günther
Director
Angelika Ritter
Klärchen
Annemone Haase
Amalie Ridel
Thomas Mann
Writer
Gisa Stoll
Frau Riemer
Karl-Ernst Sasse
Composer
Christa Lehmann
Frau Meyer
Linde Sommer
Frau Kirms
Erich Gusko
Cinematographer
Sonja Hörbing
Frau Coudray
Rita Hiller
Editor
Harald Horn
ProductionDesigner
Victor Deiß
Stephan Schütze
Hans-Dieter Schlegel
Hofkammerrat Krims
Peter Köhncke
Oberbaurat Coudray
Wilhelm Gröhl
Bergrat Werner
Fred Delmare
Bauer
Wolfgang Greese
Rühring
Thomas Neumann
Ferdinand Heinke
Barbara Brecht-Schall
Frau Elmenreich
Axel Triebel
Diener
Martina Servatius
Junge Lotte
Hilmar Eichhorn
Junger Goethe
Thomas Thieme
Kestner
Friedrich Teitge
Werner Kanitz
Jörg Gillner
Jochen Diestelmann
Birgit Edenharter
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Wiki.
Lotte in Weimar (German: [ˈlɔ.tə ɪn ˈvaɪ.̯maʁ] ) is a 1975 East German drama film directed by Egon Günther and produced by DEFA. It was entered into the 1975 Cannes Film Festival. It is based on the 1939 novel, Lotte in Weimar: The Beloved Returns by Nobel Prize–winning German novelist Thomas Mann.