Werther

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

Håkan Alexandersson

Writers

Håkan Alexandersson, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Johann P. Eckermann

Language

Swedish

Country

Sweden

Release date

2 February 1990

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Tomas Norström

  Werther

• 

  Gert Fylking

  Lessing

• Ulrika Hansson

  Lotta/Lotte

• Peter Kneip

  Walter

• 

  Ellen Lamm

  Emilia

• Jon Mellqvist

  Ossian

• 

  Peter Sjöquist

  Werther/Viktor

• 

  Lena Strömdahl

  Martha

• 

  Göran Thorell

  Willhelm/Albert

• 

  Sophie Tolstoy

• 

  Irma Schultz

• 

  Pernilla Glaser