Lotte in Weimar
1975Johann 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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Lilli Palmer
as Lotte
Martin Hellberg
as Goethe
Rolf Ludwig
as Kellner Mager
Hilmar Baumann
as August Goethe
Jutta Hoffmann
as Adele Schopenhauer
Katharina Thalbach
as Ottilie von Pogwisch
Monika Lennartz
as Charlotte, Lottes Tochter
Norbert Christian
as Professor Meyer
Hans-Joachim Hegewald
as Dr. Riemer
Walter Lendrich
as Landkammerrat Ridel
Dieter Mann
as Diener Karl
Angelika Ritter
as Klärchen
Annemone Haase
as Amalie Ridel
Gisa Stoll
as Frau Riemer
Christa Lehmann
as Frau Meyer
Linde Sommer
as Frau Kirms
Sonja Hörbing
as Frau Coudray
Victor Deiß
as Stephan Schütze
Hans-Dieter Schlegel
as Hofkammerrat Krims
Peter Köhncke
as Oberbaurat Coudray
Wilhelm Gröhl
as Bergrat Werner
Fred Delmare
as Bauer
Wolfgang Greese
as Rühring
Thomas Neumann
as Ferdinand Heinke
Barbara Brecht-Schall
as Frau Elmenreich
Axel Triebel
as Diener
Martina Servatius
as Junge Lotte
Hilmar Eichhorn
as Junger Goethe
Thomas Thieme
as Kestner
Manuela Marx
Berko Acker
Klaus Manchen
Heinz-Dieter Knaup
Paul Arenkens
Hannes Stelzer
Horst Giesen
Heinz Laggies
Friedrich Teitge
Werner Kanitz
Jörg Gillner
Jochen Diestelmann
Birgit Edenharter
Ilse Voigt
Klaus Schleiff
