The Novel of Werther

The Novel of Werther
The Novel of Werther
	Theatrical film poster
French	Le Roman de Werther
Directed by	Max Ophüls
Written by	Hans Wilhelm; Fernand Crommelynck; Max Ophüls;
Based on	The Sorrows of Young Werther; by Johann Wolfgang Goethe
Produced by	Seymour Nebenzal
Starring	Pierre Richard-Willm; Annie Vernay; Jean Galland; Jean Périer;
Cinematography	Fédote Bourgasoff; Paul Portier; Eugen Schüfftan
Edited by	Gérard Bensdorp; Jean Sacha
Music by	Paul Dessau
Production; company	Nero Film
Distributed by	Monopol Film
Release date	14 December 1938;
Running time	85 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

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.^[1]

The film was made by Nero Film, a company run by German exiles who had left following the Nazi rise to power.

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^ Gillespie, Gerald & Engel, Manfred & Dieterle, Bernard. Romantic Prose Fiction. John Benjamins Publishing, 2008. p. 24. doi:10.1075/chlel.xxiii. ISBN 9789027291646.

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