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.Gillespie, Gerald & Engel, Manfred & Dieterle, Bernard. Romantic Prose Fiction. John Benjamins Publishing, 2008. p. 24. . .
The film was made by Nero Film, a company run by German exiles who had left following the Nazi rise to power.
Cast Pierre Richard-Willm as Werther Annie Vernay as Charlotte Jean Galland as Albert Paulette Pax as Aunt Emma Jean Périer as President Edmond Beauchamp as murderer Georges Bever as chamberlain as portraitist as Werther's colleague as the right one Henri Guisol as Schertz, the clerk Roger Legris as Franz, valet as little Gustave Maurice Schutz as le sonneur Léonce Corne asle majordome Philippe Richard as Grand Duke Charles Nossent as le cocher Léon Larive as comedian Georges Vitray as bailiff as girl Henri Beaulieu Henri Darbrey
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