Encounter with Werther
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Encounter with Werther is a 1949 West German
drama film
directed by Karl-Heinz Stroux and starring Horst Caspar, Heidemarie Hatheyer
and Paul Klinger. The book was set around the writing of the poem The Sorrows of Young Werther
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Cinema of Germany
Cinema in Germany can be traced back to the late 19th century. German cinema has made major technical and artistic contributions to film.Unlike any other national cinemas, which developed in the context of relatively continuous and stable political systems, Germany witnesses major changes to its...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Karl-Heinz Stroux and starring Horst Caspar, Heidemarie Hatheyer
Heidemarie Hatheyer
Heidemarie Hatheyer was an Austrian film actress. She appeared in 43 films between 1938 and 1988.-Selected filmography:* Dr. Holl * Desires * Sauerbruch – Das war mein Leben...
and Paul Klinger. The book was set around the writing of the poem The Sorrows of Young Werther
The Sorrows of Young Werther
The Sorrows of Young Werther is an epistolary and loosely autobiographical novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, first published in 1774; a revised edition of the novel was published in 1787...
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German writer, pictorial artist, biologist, theoretical physicist, and polymath. He is considered the supreme genius of modern German literature. His works span the fields of poetry, drama, prose, philosophy, and science. His Faust has been called the greatest long...
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Cast
- Horst Caspar - Werther
- Heidemarie HatheyerHeidemarie HatheyerHeidemarie Hatheyer was an Austrian film actress. She appeared in 43 films between 1938 and 1988.-Selected filmography:* Dr. Holl * Desires * Sauerbruch – Das war mein Leben...
- Lotte - Paul Klinger - Albert
- Rudolf Reiff - Amtmann - Lotte's Father
- Paul DahlkePaul DahlkePaul Victor Ernst Dahlke was a German stage and film actor.- Career :Dahlke was born in Gross Streitz near Köslin in Farther Pomerania. He visited school in Köslin, Stargard and passed his Abitur in Dortmund in 1922...
- Napoleon - Walter Kottenkamp - Goethe
- Fritz OdemarFritz OdemarFritz Odemar was a German film actor. He appeared in 152 films between 1927 and 1955. He was born in Hannover, Germany and died in Munich, Germany....
- Graf - Harald Mannl - Gesandter
- Christiane Felsmann - Frl. von Bassenheim
- Arthur Mentz - Bauernbursche
- Friedrich Siemers - Schreiber Heinrich