Overview

This adaptation of Goethe's The Sorrows of Young Werther offers a chilly and remote view of love and its passions. The setting is changed to Spain, and Werther (Eusebio Poncela) has taken a job tutoring the son of an estranged husband and wife. The boy's mother is a surgeon and therefore a rather uncommon woman for her society. She and Werther gradually become romantically involved, and his feelings for her begin to run much deeper than is apparent on the surface.

Cast

Eusebio Poncela, Mercedes Sampietro, Féodor Atkine, Vicky Peña, Luis Hostalot, Emilio Gutiérrez Caba, Miguel Arribas

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What is "Werther" about?

This adaptation of Goethe's The Sorrows of Young Werther offers a chilly and remote view of love and its passions. The setting is changed to Spain, and Werther (Eusebio Poncela) has taken a job tutoring the son of an estranged husband and wife. The boy's mother is a surgeon and therefore a rather uncommon woman for her society. She and Werther gradually become romantically involved, and his feelings for her begin to run much deeper than is apparent on the surface.

When was "Werther" released?

Werther was released in 1986.

Who stars in "Werther"?

The cast includes Eusebio Poncela, Mercedes Sampietro, Féodor Atkine, Vicky Peña.