Portrait of Hermann Hesse

Writing

Hermann Hesse

Career

Active from 1927 to 2025, with a break from 1928 to 1970, busiest in 1982 with 2 main titles.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score56/100
Highest rated
Poster for Narcissus and Goldmund
Narcissus and Goldmund
GoodWatch score65/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 3 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 7.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Hermann Hesse Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.7, average 5.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.3, average 2.7
  • Adrenaline
    3.7, average 4.8
  • Wit & Wordplay
    2.7, average 3.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

    Works often with

    People in at least two of their main titles.

      Movies and TV shows

      11
      Type
      Role
      Score
      Decade
      Genre
      Group by

      2020s

      2 titles ยท average score 59
      Milarepa
      Milarepa (2025)
      GoodWatch score 53

      Novel, Story

      Narcissus and Goldmund
      Narcissus and Goldmund (2020)
      GoodWatch score 65

      Novel

      2010s

      1 title
      Homecoming
      Homecoming (2012)

      Short Story

      2000s

      1 title
      Poem: I Set My Foot Upon the Air and It Carried Me
      Poem: I Set My Foot Upon the Air and It Carried Me (2003)

      Poem

      1990s

      1 title
      Assassination
      Assassination (1996)

      Novel

      1980s

      2 titles
      A Hard Passage
      A Hard Passage (1982)

      Novel

      The Glass Bead Game
      The Glass Bead Game (1982)

      Novel

      1970s

      4 titles ยท average score 55
      Kinderseele
      Kinderseele (1977)

      Short Story

      Steppenwolf
      Steppenwolf (1974)
      GoodWatch score 57

      Novel

      Siddhartha
      Siddhartha (1972)
      GoodWatch score 58

      Novel

      Zachariah
      Zachariah (1971)
      GoodWatch score 50

      Novel