Lotte in Weimar Plot
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.
Lotte in Weimar Cast
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as Lotte -
as Goethe -
as Kellner Mager -
as August Goethe -
as Adele Schopenhauer -
as Ottilie von Pogwisch -
as Charlotte, Lottes Tochter -
as Bauer -
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