Young Goethe in Love DVD NEW

Product Description Germany 1772 the young and tumultuous Johann Goethe (Alexander Fehling) aspires to be a poet; but after failing his law exams, he is sent by his father (Henry Huebchen) to a sleepy provincial court to mend his ways. Unsure of his talent and eager to prove himself, Goethe soon wins the praise and friendship of his superior Kestner (Moritz Bleibtreu). But then Lotte (Miriam Stein) enters his life and nothing is the same as before. However, the young lovers are unaware that her father has already promised Lotte's hand to another man. About the Actor Alexander Fehling - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Born in 1981 in Berlin, Alexander Fehling studied at the Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch in Berlin from 2003 to 2007. In 2006, he received the O.E. Hasse Award from the Akademie der Künste (a sponsorship award for new actors). A year later he won the German Film Sponsorship Award for his lead role in the film Am Ende kommen Touristen. Fehling appeared in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds. He also appeared in the films The Art of Dying, Andres Veiel's, Wer wenn nicht wir, 13 Semester, Hans-Christian Schmid's award-winning film Storm, and Heinrich Breloer's Buddenbrooks. His performances onstage include Peter Stein's production of the Friedrich Schiller trilogy Wallensteins Lager /Die Piccolomini /Wallensteins Tod, Die lustigen Nibelungen, Glaube LiebeHoffnung, and Schneewittchen. Upcoming feature films include If Not Us, Who? Niemandsland. About the Director Director Phillip Stölzl ( Northface ) returns to the very wellspring of Romanticism Goethe s autobiographical masterpiece The Sorrows of Young Werther and conjures up a beguiling and refreshingly innocent period romance.