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The Novel of Werther

6.8 85 mins Drama   Romance   1938
Nero Films  
Director(s): Max Ophüls

Herr Werther, a new magistrate to the Grand Duchy of Walheim who is a violinist and poet, seems to have fate on his side as he meets and pursues a beautiful local woman, Charlotte. But as Werther sets to propose marriage, Charlotte reluctantly tells him she has been promised to another, Werther's superior, Judge Hochstätten. Werther and Charlotte decide to keep their romance from the judge and each descends into depression. Will they be able to keep their feelings a secret?

Casts of The Novel of Werther

Annie Vernay

as Charlotte

Jean Galland

as Albert Hochstätter

Jean Périer

as President

Henri Guisol

as Scherz

Roger Legris

as Franz

Georges Vitray

as Le bailli

Jean Buquet

as Le petit Gustave

Philippe Richard

as Le grand-duc

Geno-Ferny

as Le portraitiste

Léonce Corne

as Le majordome

Denise Kerny

as La bonne

Edmond Beauchamp

as Le meurtrier

Charles Nossent

as Le cocher

Paulette Pax

as Tante Emma

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