The Novel of Werther
1938 · 85 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 280 VOTES · DIR. Max Ophüls
Overview
Herr Werther, a new magistrate to the Grand Duchy of Walheim who is a violinist and poet, seems to have fate on his side as he meets and pursues a beautiful local woman, Charlotte. But as Werther sets to propose marriage, Charlotte reluctantly tells him she has been promised to another, Werther's superior, Judge Hochstätten. Werther and Charlotte decide to keep their romance from the judge and each descends into depression. Will they be able to keep their feelings a secret?
Dialogue Timeline — 836 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:03:07 Can you take me, sir?
00:05:30 ... Marie, my hat, my coat ... quickly...
00:08:04 ...just time to dress.
00:10:09 -I never thought of it.
00:12:30 Very beautiful!
00:15:22 No poem reading. Sleep now. Not another word.
00:17:59 Yet it's the first time.
00:20:48 You...?
00:23:15 Some rest murmuring in the coach.
00:26:02 No.
00:29:29 -No one'll hear them.
00:32:39 "ln brief, I owe you an explanation.
00:36:56 -Yes, but the judge?!
00:39:04 To live happy, live hidden, seated, standing and lying down.
00:43:41 You frequent bars beneath the dignity of your profession...
00:46:52 You were crying all alone and I'm going to tell papa.
00:50:40 It's so hard to forget what is
00:54:03 So I said, "Dear friend, as things stand, it pains me to have to let you go.
00:57:25 Charlotte, let me in.
01:02:57 ...and I did not tell the truth.
01:05:39 ...I feel I'm hearing you for the first time, discovering you.
01:07:56 ...despite my regret at having lost a friend.
01:13:05 Do you want to read it?
01:19:23 Subtitles: Tag Gallagher. Thanks to Werner Dütsch.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed836
Dialogue density9.8 lines / min
First line00:03:07
Final line01:19:23
Production Record
DirectorMax Ophüls
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes280