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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Writer, Additional Credits
Born August 27, 1749Died March 22, 1832 (82 years)
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.

Known For

  • Faust
  • Wrong Move
  • Faust
  • .com for Murder
  • Faust
  • Faust
  • Damn Yankees
  • 666: In Bed with the Devil
  • Faust
  • The Story of the Fox
  • The Novel of Werther
  • Elective Affinities
  • The Sorcerer's Apprentice
  • The Elf King
  • Sometime in August
  • Young Werther
  • Black Fox: The True Story of Adolf Hitler
  • The Erlking
  • Der Zauberlehrling
  • Die Leiden des jungen Werthers
  • Götz von Berlichingen mit der eisernen Hand
  • The Last Faust

Filmography

2024
2016
2009
Sometime in August · as Novel
2008
Werther · as Novel
2003
Unsere Besten (TV Series)
1999
1996
1990
Werther · as Novel
1986
Tarot · as Novel
1985
Faust · as Novel
1979
1976
1975
Wrong Move · as Novel
1975
Diary · as Novel
1974
1966
Stella · as Novel
1960
1938
1931
The Elf King · as Novel

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