Die Leiden des jungen Werthers [videorecording] / DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme ; Buch, Helga Schütz, Egon Günther ; Dramaturg, Manfred Wolter, Peter Jakubeit ; Produktionsleitung, Erich Kühne ; Regie, Egon Günther.
Hans-Jürgen Wolf, Katharina Thalbach, Hilmar Baumann, Heinz Dieter Knaup. Based on the novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1976. Special features: Filmmakers biographies and filmographies; original DEFA trailer; photo gallery; documentary on Egon Günther, "Rückkehr aus weiter Entfernung-Das Kino des Egon Günther.
Summary:
Goethe's tragic tale of a young man in love with Lotte, who's engaged and later married to his friend Albert and whose hopeless situation eventually leads to his suicide.
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