Elective Affinities (film)

Elective Affinities

The film was shot at Schloss Rossewitz
Directed by Siegfried Kühn
Produced by Bernd Gerwien
Screenplay by Siegfried Kühn
Based on Elective Affinities by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Music by Karl-Ernst Sasse
Cinematography Claus Neumann
Edited by Helga Krause
Renate Bade
Production
company
Release dates
  • 27 August 1974 (1974-08-27)
Running time
103 minutes
Country East Germany
Language German

Elective Affinities (German: Die Wahlverwandtschaften) is a 1974 East German drama film directed by Siegfried Kühn. It follows the dynamics which follow when a couple invite two other people. The film is based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's novel Elective Affinities. It was released on 27 August 1974.[1]

Cast

Reception

The journal Film-Dienst wrote: "In the historical scenography and in the dialogue, the film misses the issues of the original work; shortenings and tightenings occasionally make the developments incomprehensible. What in Goethe is presented as a clash of moral and natural laws, appears in the film as a questioning of norms, moral and ethics of civil marriage. For literature fans still a remarkable contribution."[2]

References

  1. "Die Wahlverwandtschaften". Filmportal.de (in German). Deutsches Filminstitut. Retrieved 2015-07-04.
  2. "Wahlverwandtschaften (1974)". Lexikon des internationalen Films (in German). Retrieved 2015-07-04. Im historischen Dekor und im Dialog verfehlt der Film die Problematik der Vorlage; Verkürzungen und Straffungen führen bisweilen zur Unverständlichkeit des Ablaufs. Was bei Goethe als Zusammenprall von Sitten- und Naturgesetz dargestellt ist, erscheint im Film als ein Infragestellen von Norm, Moral und Ethik der bürgerlichen Ehe. Für Literaturfreunde dennoch ein bemerkenswerter Beitrag.
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