The Sorrows of Young Werther
Encounter with Werther () is a 1949 West German historical drama film directed by Karl-Heinz Stroux and starring Horst Caspar, Heidemarie Hatheyer and Paul Klinger. It is based on the writing of the 1774 novel "The Sorrows of Young Werther" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. It was released to commemorate the writer's second hundredth birthday in August 1949.