Clavigo is a West German 1970s television movie directed by Marcel Ophüls, based on the 1774 play Clavigo by Goethe.
It is the film version of a play staged and directed by Fritz Kortner.
The film follows the titular Clavigo, a young writer whose engagement to a French noblewoman allows the publication of his weekly magazine.
His success leads him to fail to honor this engagement, and he suffers the consequences.
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