Lotte in Weimar
Based on the novel by Thomas Mann. Charlotte Kestner, the love of Goethe's youth, became famous because she was the real-life Lotte represented in his renowned The Sorrows of Young Werther. At forty-four years of age she travels to Weimar to see Goethe again. The posturing of high society and Goethe's personal history lead her to an unexpected conclusion. Dramaturge (later Studio Director) Walter Janka was befriended by the Thomas Mann family, making this adaptation possible.
Direction
Screenplay
Cast
Lilli Palmer
Charlotte Buff Kestner
Monika Lennartz
Charlotte Kestner
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Martin Hellberg
Johann Wolfgang Goethe
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Hilmar Baumann
August Goethe
Jutta Hoffmann
Adele Schopenhauer
Katharina Thalbach
Ottilie von Pogwisch
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Irene Freymann
Henriette von Pogwisch
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Victor Deiß
Stephan Schütze
Thomas Neumann
Ferdinand Heinke
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Beatrice Brandenburg
Annchen Brandt
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Karl-Ernst Sasse
Composer
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Erich Gusko
Cinematographer