This adaptation of Goethe's The Sorrows of Young Werther offers a chilly and remote view of love and its passions. The setting is changed to Spain, and Werther (Eusebio Poncela) has taken a job tutoring the son of an estranged husband and wife. The boy's mother is a surgeon and therefore a rather uncommon woman for her society. She and Werther gradually become romantically involved, and his feelings for her begin to run much deeper than is apparent on the surface.
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Cast
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Eusebio Poncela
Werther
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Intacto
Mercedes Sampietro
Carlota
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Féodor Atkine
Alberto
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The Pillars of the Earth
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Emilio Gutiérrez Caba
Federico
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Neruda
Vicky Peña
Beatriz1 (as Victoria Peña)
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Little Ashes
Mayrata O'Wisiedo
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High Heels
Luis Hostalot
Jerusalén
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Ignacio del Amo
Juan Jesús Valverde
Known for
My Straight Son
Eduardo MacGregor
Known for
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Miguel Arribas
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Paper Tigers
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Juana Ginzo
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The Tobacconist of Vallecas
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Pilar Miró Director · Mario Camus Screenplay Jules Massenet Composer
First release September 19, 1986 · Produced in Spain
Production
Pilar Miró P.C.
Production
Spain
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Languages
Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
Spanish
Release dates
Spain · September 19, 1986
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No release date listed for United States.
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