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Werther is a 1986 Spanish drama film written and directed by Pilar Miró and starring Eusebio Poncela. It is a modern adaptation of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's 1774 novel The Sorrows of Young Werther.

Werther
Directed by	Pilar Miró
Written by	Mario Camus Pilar Miró
Produced by	César Benítez Pilar Miró
Starring	Eusebio Poncela
Cinematography	Hans Burmann
Release date	1986 (1986)
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

The film was entered into the main competition at the 43rd edition of the Venice Film Festival.[1] It also won the award for best sound at the first edition of the Goya Awards.[2]

Plot

In a coastal town in northern Spain, a young Greek teacher, Werther, lives alone in his ancestors' old house on the other side of the bay. He is a romantic and melancholic man who agrees to tutor the son of a wealthy shipowner, an introverted and difficult child. Werther will be attracted to the boy's mother, a strong and independent woman, and will no longer be able to live without him.

Cast

• Eusebio Poncela as Werther
• Mercedes Sampietro as Carlota
• Féodor Atkine as Alberto
• Emilio Gutiérrez Caba as Federico
• Vicky Peña as Beatriz
• Reinhard Kolldehoff

References

External links

• Werther at IMDb

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