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.
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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.
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