Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Known for: Writing
Born: August 27, 1749
Died: March 22, 1832
Place of birth: Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire [now Germany]
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (August 28, 1749 – March 22, 1832) was a German polymath who is widely regarded as the greatest and most influential writer in the German language. His work has had a wide-ranging influence literary, political, and philosophical thought in the Western world from the late 18th century to the present. A poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre-director, and critic, his works include plays, poetry and aesthetic criticism, as well as treatises on botany, anatomy, and colour.
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Filmography
68 movies · 5 TV shows, newest first
5.1
Young Werther
2024
NR
Ode to John Keats
2024
10.0
Werther
2024
10.0
Linhas Cruzadas
2021
3.0
Goethes Faust
2020
4.9
The Last Faust
2019
NR
Massenet: Werther
2018
NR
Werther - Wiener Staatsoper
2017
NR
Erlkönig
2016
NR
Mefistofele
2016
NR
The Metropolitan Opera: Werther
2014
NR
Franz Schubert: Erlkönig
2013
NR
Gounod: Faust
2011
6.6
Faust
2011
8.6
Massenet: Werther
2010
10.0
La Damnation de Faust - Metropolitan Opera
2008
6.0
Werther
2008
NR
Faust
2006
NR
Werther
2005
NR
Faust
2004
9.5
Poem: I Set My Foot Upon the Air and It Carried Me
20038.7
The ErlKing
2003
8.0
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust II
2001
10.0
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust I
2001
10.0
Clavigo
1999
10.0
The Damnation of Faust
1999
6.1
Elective Affinities
1996
7.4
Faust
1994
7.0
Devil, I'm Bored
1993
7.0
Werther
1990
8.6
Reineke Fuchs
1989
10.0
Mefistofele
1989
7.3
Werther
1986
6.0
Tarot
1986
6.0
Faust
1985NR
Torquato Tasso
1985
5.5
Elective Affinities
1983NR
Clavijo
1982NR
Le affinità elettive
1979
6.0
Götz von Berlichingen mit der eisernen Hand
1979
5.9
The Sorrows of Young Werther
1976
9.0
Novelle
1976
7.0
Diary
1975
6.7
Wrong Move
19754.7
The Elective Affinities
1974
NR
Who's Afraid of Opera?
19728.0
Clavigo
1970
10.0
Les Cent Livres des Hommes
1970
6.5
Faust
19697.0
Torquato Tasso
1969
NR
Werther
1968
7.2
Theatre 625
1964
7.3
Faust
1960
6.1
Faustina
1957
7.0
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
1955
7.0
Appointment with Satan
1955NR
Faust
1955NR
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
1943
7.0
The Tale of the Fox
1941
7.2
The Novel of Werther
19387.0
The Erlkönig
1931
6.8
The Erl King
1931
7.9
Faust
1926
9.0
Götz von Berlichingen zubenannt mit der eisernen Hand
1925NR
Werther
1922NR
Mignon
19157.0
Erlkönigs Töchter
1914
5.5
Petit Faust
19107.0
Faust
1909
4.6
Faust and Mephistopheles
1903
4.2
Faust and Mephistopheles
1898
NR
Faust
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