The Young Schiller
Schiller
Release: 2005-04-29
·Runtime: 90m
·★ 4.2
Drama
The young Friedrich Schiller begins his life as a poet with a dramatic escape. After the sensational success of his first drama "The Robbers", he deserts from the Duke's army. At the Mannheim Court and National Theatre, he initially receives a friendly reception, but his new play "Fiesko" is not well received by the artistic director Dalberg. In the successful actor and author August Wilhelm Iffland, Schiller finds a strong competitor for the position of in-house playwright and vies with him for the love of the same woman. The young poet's situation becomes increasingly precarious; he has no money, suffers from hunger and falls seriously ill. Nevertheless, he works feverishly for recognition and success with no regard for his own health.
Production Countries
Germany
Production Companies
ARTE
Bavaria Film
BR
ARD Degeto
Maran Film
MDR
SWR
ARD
Cast
Ulrich Noethen
as Buchhändler Schwan
Martin Feifel
as Beck
Nikolaus Paryla
as Tänzer
Catrin Striebeck
as Frau Toscani
Michael Hanemann
as Caspar Schiller
Teresa Weißbach
as Katharina Baumann
Jürgen Tarrach
as Wolfgang von Dalberg
Barbara Auer
as Caroline Wiethoeft
Florian Stetter
as Scharffenstein
Carola Regnier
as Kurfürstin
Joachim Bliese
as Arzt
Matthias Schweighöfer
as Friedrich Schiller
Robert Dölle
as August Wilhelm Iffland
Christian Näthe
as Andreas Streicher
