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Director
  
Max Ophuls

Music director
  
Paul Dessau

Duration
  

Country
  
France

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Genre
  
Drama, Romance

Screenplay
  
Hans Wilhelm

Language
  
French

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Writer
  
Johann Wolfgang Goethe
,
Hans Wilhelm
,
Fernand Crommelynck

Release date
  
14 December 1938

Initial release
  
December 14, 1938 (France)

Cast
  
Pierre Richard-Willm
(Werther),
Annie Vernay
(Charlotte),
Jean Galland
(Albert Hochstätter),
Jean Périer
(President),
Henri Guisol
(Scherz),
Roger Legris
(Franz)

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Story by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Directed by Max Ophuls, Set in Germany

The Novel of Werther (French:Le Roman de Werther) is a 1938 French historical drama film directed by Max Ophüls and starring Pierre Richard-Willm, Annie Vernay and Jean Galland. It is based on the 1774 novel The Sorrows of Young Werther by Goethe.

Cast

  • Pierre Richard-Willm as Werther
  • Annie Vernay as Charlotte
  • Jean Galland as Albert
  • Paulette Pax as la tante Emma
  • Jean Périer as le président
  • Edmond Beauchamp as le meurtrier
  • Georges Bever as le chambellan
  • Geno Ferny as le portraitiste
  • Fernand Blot as le collègue de Werther
  • Denise Kerny as la bonne
  • Henri Guisol as Schertz, le greffier
  • Roger Legris as Franz, le valet
  • Jean Buquet as le petit Gustave
  • Maurice Schutz as le sonneur
  • Léonce Corne asle majordome
  • Philippe Richard as le grand-duc
  • Charles Nossent as le cocher
  • Léon Larive as le cabaretier
  • Georges Vitray as le bailli
  • Génia Vaury as une fille
  • Henri Beaulieu
  • Henri Darbrey
  • Pierre Darteuil
  • Maurice Devienne
  • Martial Rèbe
  • Robert Rollis

    • References

    The Novel of Werther Wikipedia
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    The Novel of Werther IMDb The Novel of Werther themoviedb.org