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.
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Lotte in Weimar Cast
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Character |
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Lilli Palmer
She was 60, 71 years old when she died
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as Lotte |
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Thomas Thieme
He was 26, now 75 years old
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Katharina Thalbach
She was 21, now 70 years old
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as Ottilie von Pogwisch |
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Thomas Neumann
He was 29, now 78 years old
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Hilmar Baumann
He was 36, 79 years old when he died
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as August Goethe |
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Fred Delmare
He was 53, 87 years old when he died
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as Bauer |
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Martin Hellberg
He was 70, 94 years old when he died
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as Goethe |
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Hilmar Eichhorn
He was 20, now 69 years old
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Wolfgang Greese
He was 49, 75 years old when he died
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Dieter Mann
He was 33, now 82 years old
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Norbert Christian
He was 49, 51 years old when he died
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Hans-Joachim Hegewald
He was 44, 80 years old when he died
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Barbara Brecht-Schall
She was 44, 84 years old when she died
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Peter Köhncke
He was 40, now 88 years old
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Walter Lendrich
He was 62, 87 years old when he died
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Annemone Haase
She was 44, now 93 years old
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Axel Triebel
He was 75, 76 years old when he died
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Christa Lehmann
She was 54, 71 years old when she died
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Jutta Hoffmann
She was 34, now 83 years old
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as Adele Schopenhauer |
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Sonja Hörbing
She was 41, 76 years old when she died
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Rolf Ludwig
He was 49, 73 years old when he died
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as Kellner Mager |
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Monika Lennartz
She was 37, now 86 years old
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as Charlotte, Lottes Tochter |
Lotte in Weimar Crew
| Name |
Department |
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Thomas Mann as Novel. He was 99 (80) years old when He died
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Writing |
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Rita Hiller as Editor. She was 24 (now 24) years old
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Editing |
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Erich Gusko as Cinematography. He was 45 (now 94) years old
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Crew |
