Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Known for
Writing
Born
August 27, 1749
Died
March 22, 1832 (aged 82)
Birthplace
Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire [now Germany]

Biography

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

Filmography

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Faust poster

Faust

Movie · Theatre Play

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GÖZ

GÖZ

Movie · Theatre Play

2024
Werther poster

Werther

Movie · Original Story

2024
Young Werther poster

Young Werther

Movie · Writer

2021
Linhas Cruzadas poster

Linhas Cruzadas

TV · Novel · 3 eps

2020
Goethes Faust poster

Goethes Faust

Movie · Story

2019
The Last Faust poster

The Last Faust

Movie · Book

2018
Massenet: Werther poster

Massenet: Werther

Movie · Writer

2017
Werther - Wiener Staatsoper poster

Werther - Wiener Staatsoper

Movie · Original Story, Novel

2016
Erlkönig poster

Erlkönig

Movie · Writer

2016
Mefistofele poster

Mefistofele

Movie · Writer

2014
The Metropolitan Opera: Werther poster

The Metropolitan Opera: Werther

Movie · Original Story

2011
Gounod: Faust poster

Gounod: Faust

Movie · Original Story

2011
Faust poster

Faust

Movie · Theatre Play

2010
Massenet: Werther poster

Massenet: Werther

Movie · Novel

2008
Werther poster

Werther

Movie · Novel

2008
La Damnation de Faust - Metropolitan Opera poster

La Damnation de Faust - Metropolitan Opera

Movie · Original Story

2006
Faust poster

Faust

Movie · Writer

2005
Werther poster

Werther

Movie · Writer

2004
Faust poster

Faust

Movie · Original Story

2001
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust II poster

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust II

Movie · Author

2001
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust I poster

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust I

Movie · Author

1999
Clavigo poster

Clavigo

Movie · Original Story

1999
The Damnation of Faust poster

The Damnation of Faust

Movie · Writer

1996
Elective Affinities poster

Elective Affinities

Movie · Novel

1994
Faust poster

Faust

Movie · Theatre Play

1993
Devil, I'm Bored poster

Devil, I'm Bored

Movie · Writer

1990
Werther poster

Werther

Movie · Novel

1989
Reineke Fuchs poster

Reineke Fuchs

Movie · Original Story

1989
Mefistofele poster

Mefistofele

Movie · Writer

1986
Tarot poster

Tarot

Movie · Novel

1986
Werther poster

Werther

Movie · Characters

1985
Faust poster

Faust

Movie · Novel

1985
Torquato Tasso

Torquato Tasso

Movie · Theatre Play

1983
Elective Affinities poster

Elective Affinities

Movie · Novel

1982
Clavijo

Clavijo

Movie · Theatre Play

1979
Götz von Berlichingen mit der eisernen Hand poster

Götz von Berlichingen mit der eisernen Hand

Movie · Novel

1979
Le affinità elettive

Le affinità elettive

TV · Original Story · 3 eps

1976
Novelle poster

Novelle

Movie · Novel

1976
The Sorrows of Young Werther poster

The Sorrows of Young Werther

Movie · Novel

1975
Wrong Move poster

Wrong Move

Movie · Novel

1975
Diary poster

Diary

Movie · Novel

1974
The Elective Affinities

The Elective Affinities

Movie · Novel

1972
Who's Afraid of Opera? poster

Who's Afraid of Opera?

TV · Story · 2 eps

1970
Clavigo

Clavigo

Movie · Original Story

1970
Les Cent Livres des Hommes poster

Les Cent Livres des Hommes

TV · Writer · 1 ep

1969
Torquato Tasso

Torquato Tasso

Movie · Theatre Play

1969
Faust poster

Faust

Movie · Book

1968
Werther poster

Werther

Movie · Novel

1964
My Soul for a Love poster

My Soul for a Love

Movie · Screenplay

1964
Theatre 625 poster

Theatre 625

TV · Theatre Play · 1 ep

1960
Faust poster

Faust

Movie · Theatre Play

1957
Faustina poster

Faustina

Movie · Theatre Play

1955
Appointment with Satan poster

Appointment with Satan

Movie · Theatre Play

1955
The Sorcerer's Apprentice poster

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

Movie · Story

1955
Faust

Faust

Movie · Theatre Play

1943
The Sorcerer's Apprentice

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

Movie · Original Story

1941
The Tale of the Fox poster

The Tale of the Fox

Movie · Original Story

1938
The Novel of Werther poster

The Novel of Werther

Movie · Novel

1931
The Erl King poster

The Erl King

Movie · Novel

1931
The Erlkönig

The Erlkönig

Movie · Story

1926
Faust poster

Faust

Movie · Theatre Play

1925
Götz von Berlichingen zubenannt mit der eisernen Hand poster

Götz von Berlichingen zubenannt mit der eisernen Hand

Movie · Theatre Play

1922
Werther

Werther

Movie · Novel

1915
Mignon

Mignon

Movie · Novel

1914
Erlkönigs Töchter

Erlkönigs Töchter

Movie · Story

1910
Petit Faust poster

Petit Faust

Movie · Story

1909
Faust

Faust

Movie · Theatre Play

1903
Faust and Mephistopheles poster

Faust and Mephistopheles

Movie · Theatre Play

1898
Faust and Mephistopheles poster

Faust and Mephistopheles

Movie · Writer