---
title: 'Encounter with Werther (1949)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Karl-Heinz Stroux'
released: '1949-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/encounter-with-werther-1949'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041168/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Encounter with Werther (1949)

1949 · Drama · Germany

Original title: Begegnung mit Werther

## Synopsis

Encounter with Werther is a 1949 West German historical drama film directed by Karl-Heinz Stroux and starring Horst Caspar, Heidemarie Hatheyer and Paul Klinger. It is based on the writing of the 1774 novel The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. It was released to commemorate the bicentennial of the writer's birthday in August 1949.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Karl-Heinz Stroux](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-heinz-stroux)
- **Screenplay:** [Karl-Heinz Stroux](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-heinz-stroux)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Wolfgang Fortner](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-fortner)
- **Producer:** [Georg Fiebiger](https://cinepixo.com/people/georg-fiebiger)
- **Director of Photography:** [Friedl Behn-Grund](https://cinepixo.com/people/friedl-behn-grund), [Ernst Wilhelm Kalinke](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-wilhelm-kalinke)

## Cast

- [Rudolf Reiff](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolf-reiff)
- [Heidemarie Hatheyer](https://cinepixo.com/people/heidemarie-hatheyer)
- [Paul Klinger](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-klinger)
- [Horst Caspar](https://cinepixo.com/people/horst-caspar)
- [Harald Mannl](https://cinepixo.com/people/harald-mannl)
- [Paul Dahlke](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-dahlke)
- [Fritz Odemar](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-odemar)

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