Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Writing August 27, 1749

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…

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Faust

Faust

7.9 1926 Movie
Theatre 625

Theatre 625

7.2 1964 TV Show
Faust

Faust

6.6 2011 Movie
Wrong Move

Wrong Move

6.7 1975 Movie
Faust

Faust

7.4 1994 Movie
The Tale of the Fox

The Tale of the Fox

7.1 1941 Movie
Les Cent Livres des Hommes

Les Cent Livres des Hommes

10.0 1970 TV Show
Linhas Cruzadas

Linhas Cruzadas

10.0 2021 TV Show
Elective Affinities

Elective Affinities

6.1 1996 Movie
Faust and Mephistopheles

Faust and Mephistopheles

4.6 1903 Movie
Faust

Faust

7.4 1960 Movie
Young Werther

Young Werther

5.1 2024 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2024
    Young Werther

    Movie Writer

  2. 2024
    Werther

    Movie Original Story

  3. 2021
    Linhas Cruzadas

    TV show Novel

  4. 2020
    Goethes Faust

    Movie Story

  5. 2019
    The Last Faust

    Movie Book

  6. 2018
    Massenet: Werther

    Movie Writer

  7. 2017
    Werther - Wiener Staatsoper

    Movie Original Story

  8. 2016
    Erlkönig

    Movie Writer

  9. 2016
    Mefistofele

    Movie Writer

  10. 2014
    The Metropolitan Opera: Werther

    Movie Original Story

  11. 2013
    Franz Schubert: Erlkönig

    Movie Poem

  12. 2011
    Gounod: Faust

    Movie Original Story

  13. 2011
    Faust

    Movie Theatre Play

  14. 2010
    Massenet: Werther

    Movie Novel

  15. 2008
    La Damnation de Faust - Metropolitan Opera

    Movie Original Story

  16. 2008
    Werther

    Movie Novel

More credits
  1. 2006
    Faust

    Movie Writer

  2. 2005
    Werther

    Movie Writer

  3. 2004
    Faust

    Movie Original Story

  4. 2003
    Poem: I Set My Foot Upon the Air and It Carried Me

    Movie Poem

  5. 2003
    The ErlKing

    Movie Poem

  6. 2001
    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust II

    Movie Author

  7. 2001
    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust I

    Movie Author

  8. 1999
    Clavigo

    Movie Original Story

  9. 1999
    The Damnation of Faust

    Movie Writer

  10. 1996
    Elective Affinities

    Movie Novel

  11. 1994
    Faust

    Movie Theatre Play

  12. 1993
    Devil, I'm Bored

    Movie Writer

  13. 1990
    Werther

    Movie Novel

  14. 1989
    Reineke Fuchs

    Movie Original Story

  15. 1989
    Mefistofele

    Movie Writer

  16. 1986
    Werther

    Movie Characters

  17. 1986
    Tarot

    Movie Novel

  18. 1985
    Faust

    Movie Novel

  19. 1985
    Torquato Tasso

    Movie Theatre Play

  20. 1983
    Elective Affinities

    Movie Novel

  21. 1982
    Clavijo

    Movie Theatre Play

  22. 1979
    Le affinità elettive

    TV show Original Story

  23. 1979
    Götz von Berlichingen mit der eisernen Hand

    Movie Novel

  24. 1976
    The Sorrows of Young Werther

    Movie Novel