Lotte in Weimar
Lotte in Weimar
Release: 1975-05-15
·Runtime: 125m
·★ 5.2
Drama
Comedy
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.
Production Countries
East Germany
Production Companies
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Cast
Fred Delmare
as Bauer
Klaus Manchen
Martin Hellberg
as Goethe
Hilmar Baumann
as August Goethe
Jochen Diestelmann
Lilli Palmer
as Lotte
Katharina Thalbach
as Ottilie von Pogwisch
Walter Lendrich
as Landkammerrat Ridel
Annemone Haase
as Amalie Ridel
Wolfgang Greese
as Rühring
Hilmar Eichhorn
as Junger Goethe
Norbert Christian
as Professor Meyer
Hans-Dieter Schlegel
as Hofkammerrat Krims
Dieter Mann
as Diener Karl
Thomas Thieme
as Kestner
Paul Arenkens
Monika Lennartz
as Charlotte, Lottes Tochter
Thomas Neumann
as Ferdinand Heinke
Martina Servatius
as Junge Lotte
Hannes Stelzer
Rolf Ludwig
as Kellner Mager
Victor Deiß
as Stephan Schütze
Jutta Hoffmann
as Adele Schopenhauer
Barbara Brecht-Schall
as Frau Elmenreich
Ilse Voigt
