Movie "Young Goethe in Love" (Germany, 2010)

Historical biopic by famed director Philipp Stölzl (Germany, 2010)

After the aspiring young poet fails his law exams, he's sent to a sleepy provincial court to reform. Instead, he falls for Lotte, a young woman who is promised to another man, his superior.

The movie shows a fictionalized version of the early years of the poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and the events forming the basis of his Europe-wide bestseller novel The Sorrows of Young Werther.

Nominated for German Film Prize.