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Goethe!

Play trailer Poster for Goethe! 2011,  1h 40m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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Student Johann Wolfgang von Goethe falls in love with Lotte, but Albert has feelings for her also.
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Stanley Kauffmann The New Republic Jun 19, 2013
Stylistically, the most engaging aspect of the picture is Stlzl's direction. Go to Full Review
Calvin Wilson St. Louis Post-Dispatch Feb 17, 2012
3/4
An old-fashioned romance that's easy to like even if you have no interest in German literature, illegal duels or the more romantic aspects of committing suicide. Go to Full Review
Moira MacDonald Seattle Times Jan 19, 2012
3/4
Pain plus time, this film reminds us, can result in poetry. Go to Full Review
Jack Fleischer Battleship Pretension Mar 24, 2021
If you read all the assigned books in your high school literature class, there's plenty of inside baseball here for you to appreciate. On top of that if you like your love stories period, bittersweet, and star-crossed this is a great movie. Go to Full Review
Kelly Jane Torrance Washington Examiner Jan 4, 2019
2.5/4
Young Goethe seems to take even more liberties with the facts than most pictures in the genre. But, also like many films of the type, its charm and energy are hard to resist. Go to Full Review
Witney Seibold CraveOnline Aug 25, 2012
8.5/10
It's just as gorgeously shot, just as clever, just as frothy and dynamic as the period pieces of 15-20 years ago. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Philipp Stölzl

Director

Alexander Fehling

Johann Wolfgang Goethe

Miriam Stein

Lotte Buff

Moritz Bleibtreu

Albert Kestner

Volker Bruch

Wilhelm Jerusalem

Burghart Klaußner

Vater Buff

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Goethe!

Miriam Stein as Lotte Buff in "Young Goethe In Love." Alexander Fehling as Johann Goethe and Miriam Stein as Lotte Buff in "Young Goethe In Love." (L-R) Moritz Bleibtreu as Albert Kestner and Alexander Fehling as Johann Goethe in "Young Goethe In Love." Alexander Fehling as Johann Goethe in "Young Goethe In Love." Miriam Stein as Lotte Buff in "Young Goethe In Love." Alexander Fehling as Johann Goethe in "Young Goethe In Love." Miriam Stein as Lotte Buff and Alexander Fehling as Johann Goethe in "Young Goethe In Love." Alexander Fehling as Johann Goethe in "Young Goethe In Love." Alexander Fehling as Johann Goethe in "Young Goethe In Love." View more photos

Movie Info

Synopsis Student Johann Wolfgang von Goethe falls in love with Lotte, but Albert has feelings for her also.
Director
Philipp Stölzl
Producer
Christoph Müller, Helge Sasse
Screenwriter
Christoph Müller, Philipp Stölzl, Alexander Dydyna
Distributor
Music Box Films
Production Co
herbX film GmbH, Senator Film Produktion GmbH, Warner Bros., Seven Pictures, Erfttal Film, Magnolia Films, Goldkind Filmproduktion GmbH & Co. KG München
Genre
Drama
Original Language
German
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 4, 2011, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 22, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA)
$160.4K
Runtime
1h 40m
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