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YOUNG GOETHE IN LOVE, Drama/Romance,NR, 100 min., in German w/Eng subtitles

"While Stölzl is clearly borrowing from other historical flights of fancy,such as "Amadeus" and "Cyrano de Bergerac," along with "Shakespeare in Love," the helmer and fellow screenwriters Christoph Mueller and Alexander Dydyna expertly mold these elements to fit the characters and
situations' own requirements, and expertly alternate romance, humor and drama without losing their grip on the characters and their dilemmas."
Boyd Van Hoeij, Variety

Germany 1772 the young and tumultuous Johann Goethe (Alexander Fehling) aspires to be a poet; but after failing his law exams, he is sent by his father (Henry Huebchen) to a sleepy provincial court to mend his ways.Unsure of his talent and eager to prove himself, Goethe soon 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, the young lovers are unaware that her father has already promised Lotte's hand to another man.

Director Phillip Stölzl ("Northface") returns to the very wellspring of Romanticism Goethe's autobiographical masterpiece "The Sorrows of Young Werther" and conjures up a beguiling and refreshingly innocent period romance.