Movie · 1975
Lotte in Weimar
Released 15 May 1975 More from 1975 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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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How old were they?
Axel Triebel
as Diener
Wilhelm Gröhl
as Bergrat Werner
Fred Delmare
as Bauer
Rolf Ludwig
as Kellner Mager
Norbert Christian
as Professor Meyer
Wolfgang Greese
as Rühring
Heinz-Dieter Knaup
Hans-Joachim Hegewald
as Dr. Riemer
Klaus Manchen
Monika Lennartz
as Charlotte, Lottes Tochter
Jutta Hoffmann
as Adele Schopenhauer
Dieter Mann
as Diener Karl
Jörg Gillner
Thomas Neumann
as Ferdinand Heinke
Katharina Thalbach
as Ottilie von Pogwisch
Hilmar Eichhorn
as Junger Goethe
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The numbers
55years between the oldest and youngest billed
75Axel Triebel — oldest on the call sheet
20Hilmar Eichhorn — youngest billed
42average age of the credited cast