Lotte in Weimar (1974)
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Synopsis of Lotte in Weimar
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. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of Lotte in Weimar
- Lilli Palmer - Lotte
- Katharina Thalbach - Ottilie von Pogwisch
- Jutta Hoffmann - Adele Schopenhauer
- Rolf Ludwig - Mager, the waiter
- Wolfgang Greese
- Fred Delmare
- Monika Lennartz - Charlotte, Lotte's daughter
- Dieter Mann - Karl, the butler
- Director(s):
- Egon Günther
- Writer(s):
- Egon Günther
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