Clavigo (film)
Appearance
Clavigo | |
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Based on | Clavigo by Goethe |
Written by | Fritz Kortner |
Directed by | Marcel Ophüls |
Starring | Thomas Holtzmann and Rolf Boysen |
Original language | German |
Production | |
Cinematography | Karlheinz Wüst[1] |
Running time | 128 minutes |
Original release | |
Release | 1970 |
Clavigo is a West German 1970s television movie directed by Marcel Ophüls, based on the 1774 play Clavigo by Goethe. It is the film version of a play staged and directed by Fritz Kortner.
Plot
[edit]The film follows the titular Clavigo, a young writer whose engagement to a French noblewoman allows the publication of his weekly magazine. His success leads him to fail to honor this engagement, and he suffers the consequences.[2]
Cast
[edit]- Thomas Holtzmann as Clavigo
- Rolf Boysen as Carlos
- Friedhelm Ptok as Beaumarchais
- Kyra Mladeck as Sophie
- Hans Hackermann as Guilbert[3]
External links
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Categories:
- 1970 films
- 1970 television films
- 1970 television plays
- German drama television films
- 1970s German-language films
- German films based on plays
- Films based on works by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Films set in the 1760s
- Films set in Spain
- German-language television shows
- Television shows based on plays
- Filmed stage productions
- Das Erste original programming
- German television film stubs