Encounter with Werther
Encounter with Werther (German: Begegnung mit Werther) is a 1949 West German historical drama film directed by Karl-Heinz Stroux and starring Horst Caspar, Heidemarie Hatheyer and Paul Klinger.[1] It is based on the writing of the 1774 novel The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.[2] It was released to commemorate the writer's second hundredth birthday in August 1949.
| Encounter with Werther | |
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| Directed by | Karl-Heinz Stroux |
| Written by | Hermann Gressieker Karl-Heinz Stroux |
| Based on | The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe |
| Produced by | Georg Fiebiger |
| Starring | Horst Caspar Heidemarie Hatheyer Paul Klinger |
| Cinematography | Friedl Behn-Grund Ernst W. Kalinke |
| Edited by | Erwin Niecke Eva Marie Stroux |
| Music by | Wolfgang Fortner |
Production company | Nova-Filmproduktion |
| Distributed by | Willy Karp-Film |
Release date | 5 August 1949 |
Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location in Limburg, Wetzlar and Marburg an der Lahn. The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul Markwitz .
Cast
- Horst Caspar as Werther
- Heidemarie Hatheyer as Lotte
- Paul Klinger as Albert
- Rudolf Reiff as Amtmann as Lotte's Father
- Paul Dahlke as Napoleon
- Walter Kottenkamp as Goethe
- Fritz Odemar as Graf
- Harald Mannl as Gesandter
- Christiane Felsmann as Frl. von Bassenheim
- Arthur Mentz as Bauernbursche
- Friedrich Siemers as Schreiber Heinrich
- Karl Lieffen as Bediensteter Bursche
References
- Bock & Bergfelder p.33
- Gillespie, Engel & Dieterle p.672
Bibliography
- Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
- Gillespie, Gerald & Engel, Manfred & Dieterle, Bernard. Romantic Prose Fiction. John Benjamins Publishing, 2008.
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