| Elective Affinities | |
| Director: | Siegfried Kühn |
| Producer: | Bernd Gerwien |
| Screenplay: | Siegfried Kühn |
| Based On: | Elective Affinities by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe |
| Music: | Karl-Ernst Sasse |
| Cinematography: | Claus Neumann |
| Editing: | Helga Krause Renate Bade |
| Studio: | DEFA |
| Runtime: | 103 minutes |
| Country: | East Germany |
| Language: | German |
Elective Affinities is a 1974 East German drama film directed by Siegfried Kühn. It follows the dynamics which ensue when a couple invite two other people. The film is based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's 1809 novel Elective Affinities. It was released by the DEFA film studio on 27 August 1974.[1]
The journal Film-Dienst wrote: "In the historical scenography and in the dialogue, the film misses the issues of the original work; shortenings and tightenings occasionally make the developments incomprehensible. What in Goethe is presented as a clash of moral and natural laws, appears in the film as a questioning of norms, moral and ethics of civil marriage. For literature fans still a remarkable contribution."[2]