Encounter with Werther explained

Encounter with Werther
Director:Karl-Heinz Stroux
Producer:Georg Fiebiger
Based On:The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Starring:Horst Caspar
Heidemarie Hatheyer
Paul Klinger
Editing:Erwin Niecke
Eva Marie Stroux
Studio:Nova-Filmproduktion
Distributor:Willy Karp-Film
Runtime:88 minutes
Country:West Germany

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.

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Bock & Bergfelder p.33
  2. Gillespie, Engel & Dieterle p.672