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The Elective Affinities (1974)

Directed by Siegfried Kühn

Overview

Eduard and Charlotte live an isolated and idyllic life together. But soon Eduard feels that something is missing and he invites his friend Otto to come stay. Charlotte, meanwhile, decides that her foster daughter Ottilie should come live with them. Complex and passionate relationships between the four people begin. Based on Goethe’s novel of the same title.

Length 103 minutes

Actors

Beata Tyszkiewicz | Hilmar Thate | Magda Vášáryová | Gerry Wolff | Horst Schulze | Christine Schorn | Volkmar Kleinert | Jana Plichtová | Nico Turoff | Karl-Ernst Sasse | Claus Dobberke | Dieter Birr | Christian Grashof