Lotte in Weimar
1975-05-15 | 125 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
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Lilli PalmerLotte
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Martin HellbergGoethe
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Rolf LudwigKellner Mager
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Hilmar BaumannAugust Goethe
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Jutta HoffmannAdele Schopenhauer
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Katharina ThalbachOttilie von Pogwisch
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Monika LennartzCharlotte, Lottes Tochter
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Norbert ChristianProfessor Meyer
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Walter LendrichLandkammerrat Ridel
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Dieter MannDiener Karl
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Annemone HaaseAmalie Ridel
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Victor DeißStephan Schütze
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Hans-Dieter SchlegelHofkammerrat Krims
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