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Erich Kästner

Erich Kästner

Erich Kästner

1899-02-23

Dresden, Germany

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Biography

Emil Erich Kästner (23 February 1899 – 29 July 1974) was a German author, poet, screenwriter and satirist, known primarily for his humorous, socially astute poetry and for children's books including Emil and the Detectives. He received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1960 for his autobiography Als ich ein kleiner Junge war.

Best known for:

The Parent Trap

The Parent Trap

Animals United

Münchhausen

Fabian: Going to the Dogs

The Parent Trap II

The Flying Classroom

Emil and the Detectives

Three Men in the Snow

Emil and the Detectives

The Flying Classroom

Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon

Charlie & Louise - Das doppelte Lottchen

Annaluise & Anton

Parent Trap III

Emil and the Detectives

The Flying Classroom

The Flying Classroom

Two Times Lotte

The Double Lottie

Das doppelte Lottchen

Emil and the Detectives

Animals United

Three Men in the Snow

Annaluise & Anton

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Filmography:

Emil and the Detectives (1931)
WORK AS:
Novel, Screenplay
The Scoundrel (1931)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
I'd Rather Have Cod Liver Oil (1931)
WORK AS:
Writer
Emil and the Detectives (1935)
WORK AS:
Novel
Three Men in the Snow (1936)
WORK AS:
Novel
Poor Millionaires (1936)
WORK AS:
Novel
Paradise for Three (1938)
WORK AS:
Novel
Portrait of Innocence (1941)
WORK AS:
Novel

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Münchhausen (1943)
5.2
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Der kleine Grenzverkehr (1943)
WORK AS:
Writer
Two Times Lotte (1950)
APPEREAD AS:
Narrator
WORK AS:
Novel, Screenplay
Toscanito y los detectives (1950)
WORK AS:
Novel
Hibari no komoriuta (1951)
WORK AS:
Novel
Annaluise & Anton (1953)
WORK AS:
Novel
Twice Upon a Time (1953)
WORK AS:
Novel
Emil and the Detectives (1954)
WORK AS:
Novel

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The Flying Classroom (1954)
APPEREAD AS:
Autor (uncredited)
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Novel
Die verschwundene Miniatur (1954)
WORK AS:
Novel
Three Men in the Snow (1955)
APPEREAD AS:
Narrator
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Novel
Salzburg Stories (1957)
WORK AS:
Writer, Novel
The Parent Trap (1961)
5.7
WORK AS:
Novel
Peter Pan (1962)
WORK AS:
Teleplay
Liebe will gelernt sein (1963)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Emil and the Detectives (1964)
WORK AS:
Novel
Animals United (1969)
WORK AS:
Novel
The Flying Classroom (1973)
WORK AS:
Novel
Drei Männer im Schnee (1974)
WORK AS:
Novel
Az eltűnt miniatűr (1978)
WORK AS:
Writer
Fabian (1980)
WORK AS:
Novel
Emiler Goenda Bahini (1980)
WORK AS:
Novel
Drei Männer Im Schnee (1985)
WORK AS:
Author
The Parent Trap II (1986)
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WORK AS:
Novel
Parent Trap III (1989)
WORK AS:
Novel
Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon (1989)
WORK AS:
Book
Charlie & Louise - Das doppelte Lottchen (1994)
WORK AS:
Novel
The Double Lottie (1995)
WORK AS:
Novel
The Parent Trap (1998)
6.4
WORK AS:
Novel
Annaluise & Anton (1999)
WORK AS:
Novel
Emil and the Detectives (2001)
WORK AS:
Novel
The Flying Classroom (2003)
WORK AS:
Novel
Lisa and Lottie (2007)
WORK AS:
Novel
Animals United (2010)
4.2
WORK AS:
Novel
Das doppelte Lottchen (2017)
WORK AS:
Novel
Fabian: Going to the Dogs (2021)
5.2
WORK AS:
Novel
The Flying Classroom (2023)
WORK AS:
Novel

Erich Kästner - Profile - Filmography