Werther

Werther

92 mins | Drama | Feb. 2, 1990

The neurotic director Max Karlsson tries to do a film of Goethe's "Die Leiden des jungen Werthers". He finds all actors for his melodrama - except Lotte, the wonderful girl who is an object of two mens love. He auditions a number of girls. But when he finds the right one nothing goes the way he had figured.

Werther

92 mins | Drama | Feb. 2, 1990

Werther
The neurotic director Max Karlsson tries to do a film of Goethe's "Die Leiden des jungen Werthers". He finds all actors for his melodrama - except Lotte, the wonderful girl who is an object of two mens love. He auditions a number of girls. But when he finds the right one nothing goes the way he had figured.
Producers Alexandersson & De Geer Bildproduktion, Meyerateljéerna
Original title Werther
Directors Håkan Alexandersson
Writers Johann P. Eckermann, Håkan Alexandersson, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Cast

Tomas Norström

as Werther / Max Karlsson

Gert Fylking

as Lessing

Ulrika Hansson

as Lotta/Lotte

Peter Kneip

as Walter / Walther

Ellen Lamm

as Emilia

Jon Mellqvist

as Ossian

Peter Sjöquist

as Werther/Viktor

Lena Strömdahl

as Martha

Göran Thorell

as Willhelm/Albert