Hälfte des Lebens (1985)
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Ulrich Mühe, Jenny Gröllmann, Swetlana Schönfeld, Michael Gwisdek, Peter-Mario Grau, Christine Gloger
A tutor’s love for his wealthy employer’s wife puts his place in their household at risk.
The story
In 1796, Hölderlin becomes a private tutor to banker Jakob Gontard in Frankfurt am Main. He falls in love with Gontard’s wife, Susette, and she soon returns his feelings. When Jakob discovers their affair, Hölderlin has to leave the house.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
In 1796, Hölderlin becomes a private tutor to the wealthy banker Jakob Gontard in Frankfurt am Main. He falls in love at first sight with Gontard’s wife, Susette, who soon returns his feelings. When Jakob Gontard discovers the affair, Hölderlin has to leave the house called “White Stag.” The couple continue to meet in secret until Susette ends the relationship in 1800; two years later, she dies of tuberculosis. In 1804, through the intervention of his friend Isaac von Sinclair, Hölderlin becomes a court librarian to the Landgrave in Homburg. Hölderlin shows increasingly numerous signs of psychosis, and in 1806 he is admitted to a psychiatric institution.
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