Friedrich Schiller - Eine Dichterjugend
In his film version, Curt Goetz shifts the focus away from the poetic output towards the young Friedrich Schiller himself: on the misery of his soul whilst a pupil of the ducal military academy, his opposition to the strict physical drill and the narrow intellectual confines of the "Karlsschule", his juvenile passion for the works of Shakespeare, Klopstock and Lessing, his anger at unjust authorities, his devotion to women, and finally his inability to cope with financial matters
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📋 Film Details
| Year | 1923 |
| Country | Germany |
| Genre | Drama, Comedy |
| Director | Curt Goetz |
| Runtime | 111 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 5.0/10 (2 votes) |
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🎬 MovieFinder's Take
Curt Goetz constructs a biographical drama that relies on the inner world and mundane contradictions of the young genius rather than his poetic output. The film explores a rebellious spirit trapped within a system through personal anguish and intellectual awakenings.
What lingers after viewing is the portrait of Schiller not as a monument, but as a living, suffering, and passionate man. The focus on formative struggles makes the historical figure feel intimately relatable. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Curt Goetz
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With a cup of tea on a quiet evening, immersed in the black-and-white aesthetics of German classicism.
🎭 Cast
Theodor Loos
Friedrich Schiller
Hermann Vallentin
Herzog Karl Eugen von Württemberg
Isabel Heermann
Gräfin Franziska von Hohenheim
Max Pategg
Johann Kaspar Schiller, Werbeoffizier
Ilka Grüning
Elisabeth Dorothea, seine Frau
Robert Leffler
Pastor Christoph Moser
Berta Monnard
Rudolf Klein-Rhoden
Hans Carl Mueller
Erich Walter
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