Werther (1986)
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.
Director:
Pilar Miró
Writers:
Mario Camus, Pilar Miró.
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Eusebio Poncela as Werther |
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Mercedes Sampietro as Carlota |
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Féodor Atkine as Alberto |
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Emilio Gutiérrez Caba as Federico |
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Vicky Peña as Beatriz1 (as Victoria Peña) |
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Mayrata O'Wisiedo as |
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Luis Hostalot as Jerusalén |
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Ignacio del Amo as |
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Juan Jesús Valverde as |
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Eduardo MacGregor as |
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Miguel Arribas as |
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Juana Ginzo as |
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Antonio Canal as |
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Daniel Lence as |
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Pedro Nieva Parola as |
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Fernando Colomo as |
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Luis Araujo as |
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Lola Cordón as |
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Marcelo García Flores as |
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Luis Araujo as |
| Directing | Pilar Miró | Director |
| Sound | Jules Massenet | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe | Characters |
| Crew | Reyes Abades | Special Effects |
| Crew | Ángel Alonso | Special Effects |
| Sound | Luis Castro | Foley |
| Art | Pablo Núñez | Title Designer |
| Camera | Santiago Gordo | Key Grip |
| Sound | Bernardo Menz | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Cristóbal Criado | Makeup Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | María Luisa Zabala | Costume Design |
| Production | César Benítez | Producer |
| Sound | José Carreras | Songs |
| Sound | Frederica von Stade | Songs |
| Art | Gil Parrondo | Set Decoration |
| Art | Fernando Sáez | Set Decoration |
| Editing | José Luis Matesanz | Editor |
| Camera | Hans Burmann | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Julio Madurga | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Ramiro Sabell | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Federico Gómez Grau | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Laureano López | First Assistant Camera |
| Writing | Mario Camus | Screenplay |
| Writing | Pilar Miró | Screenplay |
| Directing | Roberto Bodegas | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Blanca Astiasu | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Juan Pablo Ocal | Assistant Director |