by Eleanor Mannikka
synopsis
Based on a popular novel by Horst Wifram Geissler, Der Liebe Augustin is a carefully-wrought, sometimes slow-paced story about a young Romeo who lived around 1800 in the region of Lake Constance. Augustin (Mathias Fuchs) is a sentimental, likeable lothario whose first big romance is with Lady Ann (Ina Duscha), a woman who may not have been such a good choice. His next real love, perhaps the love of his life, is Friederike (Nicole Badal), a charming princess who reciprocates his feelings but whose family lines are too royal to allow for any permanent union. That loss is hard to bear, yet Augustin finds some solace in Susanne (Veronika Bayer) woman more of his own background -- and a sturdier romance begins to grow.
