The Novel of Werther

{{Short description|1938 film}}

{{Infobox film

|name = The Novel of Werther

|image = The Novel of Werther.jpg

|caption = Theatrical film poster

|native_name = {{Infobox name module|fr|Le Roman de Werther}}

|director = Max Ophüls

|producer = Seymour Nebenzal

|writer = {{ubl|Hans Wilhelm|Fernand Crommelynck|Max Ophüls}}

|based_on = {{Based on|The Sorrows of Young Werther|Johann Wolfgang Goethe}}

|starring = {{ubl|Pierre Richard-Willm|Annie Vernay|Jean Galland|Jean Périer}}

|music = Paul Dessau

|cinematography = Fédote Bourgasoff
Paul Portier
Eugen Schüfftan

|editing = Gérard Bensdorp
Jean Sacha

|studio = Nero Film

|distributor = Monopol Film

|released = {{Film date|1938|12|14|df=yes}}

|runtime = 85 minutes

|country = France

|language = French

}}

The Novel of Werther (French: Le Roman de Werther) is a 1938 French historical drama film directed by Max Ophüls and starring Pierre Richard-Willm, Annie Vernay and Jean Galland. It is based on the 1774 novel The Sorrows of Young Werther by Goethe.Gillespie, Gerald & Engel, Manfred & Dieterle, Bernard. Romantic Prose Fiction. John Benjamins Publishing, 2008. p. 24. {{doi|10.1075/chlel.xxiii}}. {{ISBN|9789027291646}}.

The film was made by Nero Film, a company run by German exiles who had left following the Nazi rise to power.