Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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.
Personal Details
Movies (47)
Faust II (Filmfragment)
Original Story (Writing)
2026
Young Werther
Writer (Writing)
2024
Ode to John Keats
2024
Werther
Original Story (Writing)
2024
Goethes Faust
Story (Writing)
2020
The Last Faust
Book (Writing)
2019
Massenet: Werther
Writer (Writing)
2018
Erlkönig
Writer (Writing)
2016
Mefistofele
Writer (Writing)
2016
The Metropolitan Opera: Werther
Original Story (Writing)
2014
Franz Schubert: Erlkönig
Poem (Crew)
2013
Gounod: Faust
Original Story (Writing)
2011
Faust
Theatre Play (Writing)
2011
Massenet: Werther
Novel (Writing)
2010
Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust
Original Story (Writing)
2008
Werther
Novel (Writing)
2008
Faust
Writer (Writing)
2006
Werther
Writer (Writing)
2005
Faust
Original Story (Writing)
2004
The ErlKing
Poem (Crew)
2003
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust II
Author (Writing)
2001
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust I
Author (Writing)
2001
Clavigo
Original Story (Writing)
1999
The Damnation of Faust
Writer (Writing)
1999
Elective Affinities
Novel (Writing)
1996
Faust
Theatre Play (Writing)
1994
Devil, I'm Bored
Writer (Writing)
1993
Werther
Novel (Writing)
1990
Reineke Fuchs
Original Story (Writing)
1989
Mefistofele
Writer (Writing)
1989
Tarot
Novel (Writing)
1986
Faust
Novel (Writing)
1985
Elective Affinities
Novel (Writing)
1983
Clavijo
Theatre Play (Writing)
1982
Götz von Berlichingen mit der eisernen Hand
Novel (Writing)
1979
Elective Affinities
Author (Writing)
1978
The Sorrows of Young Werther
Novel (Writing)
1976
Novelle
Novel (Writing)
1976
Diary
Novel (Writing)
1975
Wrong Move
Novel (Writing)
1975
The Elective Affinities
Novel (Writing)
1974
Clavigo
Original Story (Writing)
1970
Faust
Writer (Writing)
1969
Torquato Tasso
Theatre Play (Writing)
1969
Werther
Novel (Writing)
1968
Faust
Writer (Writing)
1960
Faustina
Theatre Play (Writing)
1957
