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Elective Affinities (film)

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Directed by
  
Siegfried Kühn

Screenplay by
  
Siegfried Kühn

Initial release
  
1974

Music director
  
Karl-Ernst Sasse

Written by
  
Siegfried Kühn

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Produced by
  
Bernd Gerwien

Music by
  
Karl-Ernst Sasse

Director
  
Siegfried Kühn

Production company
  
DEFA

Cinematography
  
Claus Neumann

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Based on
  
Elective Affinities by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Edited by
  
Helga Krause Renate Bade

Similar
  
The Sailor's Song, The Elective Affinities, Divided Heaven, Professor Mamlock, Angels of Iron

Elective Affinities (German: Die Wahlverwandtschaften) is a 1974 East German drama film directed by Siegfried Kühn. It follows the dynamics which follow when a couple invite two other people. The film is based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's novel Elective Affinities. It was released by the DEFA film studio on 27 August 1974.

Contents

Elective affinities


Cast

  • Beata Tyszkiewicz as Charlotte
  • Hilmar Thate as Eduard
  • Magda Vasary as Ottilie
  • Gerry Wolff as the Captain
  • Horst Schulze as Mittler
  • Christine Schorn as Baroness
  • Volkmar Kleinert as Count
  • Jana Plichtová as Luciane
  • Nico Turoff as gardener
  • Jost Braun as architect

    • Reception

    The journal Film-Dienst wrote: "In the historical scenography and in the dialogue, the film misses the issues of the original work; shortenings and tightenings occasionally make the developments incomprehensible. What in Goethe is presented as a clash of moral and natural laws, appears in the film as a questioning of norms, moral and ethics of civil marriage. For literature fans still a remarkable contribution."

    References

    Elective Affinities (film) Wikipedia
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