The Elective Affinities

1h 43m
Drama
2

Eduard and Charlotte live an isolated and idyllic life together. But soon Eduard feels that something is missing and he invites his friend Otto to come stay. Charlotte, meanwhile, decides that her foster daughter Ottilie should come live with them. Complex and passionate relationships between the four people begin. Based on Goethe's novel of the same title.

Cast

Beata Tyszkiewicz
Charlotte
Hilmar Thate
Eduard
Magda Vášáryová
Ottilie
Gerry Wolff
Hauptmann
Horst Schulze
Mittler
Christine Schorn
Baronesse
Volkmar Kleinert
Graf
Jana Plichtová
Luciane
Nico Turoff
Gärtner
Karl-Ernst Sasse
Klavierspieler
Claus Dobberke
Verlobter
Dieter Birr
Maurergeselle
Christian Grashof
Spaßmacher

Crew

Siegfried Kühn
Director, Writer
Regine Kühn
Writer
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Novel
Helga Krause
Editor
Renate Bade
Editor
Claus Neumann
Cinematography
Ilse Bastubbe
Assistant Director
Reinhart Zimmermann
Production Design
Frank Bredow
Assistant Camera
Eva Sickert
Costume Design
Heinz Kosse
Makeup Artist
Gerhard Ribbeck
Sound Mixer
Peter Dienst
Sound
Klaus Wawrzyniak
Lighting Technician
Karl-Ernst Sasse
Music
Klaus Goldmann
Still Photographer
Manfred Peetz
Unit Manager
Fritz Frost
Unit Manager