Goethe’s “Die Leiden des jungen Werther” (The sorrows of young Werther) is a classic of world literature ... In Croatia, as in many countries of the world, “Werther” in translation belongs to the ...

Arguably one of the most insufferable protagonists in literature is the title figure in Johann Wolfgang Goethe’s “The Sorrows of Young Werther ... provide his own best subject matter.

Ever since José Avelino Gilles Corbett Lourenço read The Sorrows of Young Werther, he was surprised no filmmaker or TV showrunner adapted the Johann Wolfgang von Goethe classic for modern audiences.

The young and rebellious Werther is passionately, but hopelessly, in love with Lotte. Although he knows that she is married to somebody who can offer her a secure future, Werther tries to be near her.