Young Goethe in Love
A touching German romance that blows American rom-coms out of the water.
Young Goethe in Love
Germany 1772 - the young and tumultuous Johann Goethe (Alexander Fehling) aspires to be a poet but after failing his law exams, is sent by his father (Henry Huebchen) to a sleepy provincial court to mend his ways. At first, he tries to do his best and wins the praise and friendship of his superior Kestner (Moritz Bleibtreu). But then Lotte (Miriam Stein) enters his life and nothing is the same as before. However, Johann is unaware that Lotte is in fact already promised by her father (Burghart Klaußner) to Kestner. The dramatic and unfulfilled love between the poet and Lotte was the template for his masterpiece Romantic The Sorrows of Young Werther.
Genre
Drama,
Romance
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Runtime
102
Language
German
FEATURED REVIEW
Jeannette Catsoulis,NPR
Charming in a way that American romantic comedies have all but forgotten, Young Goethe in Love is by turns cute, campy and endearingly cliched. Playing fast and loose with the life of the multidisciplinary genius, German director Philipp Stoelzl has crafted a period swooner that relies more on ...
Played at
Town Center 5 11.04.11 - 11.10.11
Playhouse 7 11.04.11 - 11.10.11
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