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Erich Kästner (1899–1974)

Writer | Actor | Soundtrack

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German poet and writer, not to be mixed with his name-twin Erich Kästner (1911-2005) the award winning camera design pioneer

Born:

Emil Erich Kästner
in Dresden, Saxony, Germany

Died:

(age 75) in Munich, Germany
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2010 Animals United (book)
 
2008 Lyrical Medicine Chest (short) (book)
 
2007 Das doppelte Lottchen (book)
 
2003 Poem: I Set My Foot Upon the Air and It Carried Me (poem "Kleines Solo")
 
2003 The Flying Classroom (novel)
 
2001 Emil and the Detectives (novel)
 
1999 Annaluise & Anton (novel)
 
1998 The Parent Trap (book "Das Doppelte Lottchen")
 
1995 Shakh-e gav (novel)
 
1995 Khaharan-e gharib (novel)
 
1994 Charlie & Louise - Das doppelte Lottchen (novel "Das doppelte Lottchen")
 
1989 Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon (TV movie) (book "Das doppelte Lottchen")
 
1989 Parent Trap III (TV movie) (novel "Das doppelte Lottchen" / as Eric Kästner)
 
1989 Die verschwundene Miniatur (TV movie) (novel)
 
1986 The Parent Trap II (TV movie) (book "Das Doppelie Longhen" / as Eric Kästner)
 
1980 Fabian (novel)
 
1977 Mákszem Matyi (TV movie)
 
1966-1976 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
– The Parent Trap (1976) (book "Das Doppelte Lottchen" / as Erich Kastner)
– Emil and the Detectives: Part 2 (1966) (novel)
– Emil and the Detectives: Part 1 (1966) (novel)
 
1974 Three Men in the Snow (novel)
 
1973 Das fliegende Klassenzimmer (novel / as Berthold Bürger)
 
1973 Verwandte sind auch Menschen (TV movie) (play)
 
1971 Seine Majestät Gustav Krause (TV movie) (play / as Eberhard Foerster)
 
1970 Die 13 Monate (TV movie)
 
1969 Die Konferenz der Tiere (book)
 
1966 Jackanory (TV series)
– Emil and the Detectives: Part 5 - Saved by a Pinprick (1966) (book)
– Emil and the Detectives: Part 4 - Lying in Wait (1966) (book)
– Emil and the Detectives: Part 3 - The Detectives (1966) (book)
– Emil and the Detectives: Part 2 - Alone in Berlin (1966) (book)
– Emil and the Detectives: Part 1 - The Journey (1966) (book)
 
1964 Emil and the Detectives (novel / as Berthold Bürger)
 
1963 Liebe will gelernt sein (play "Zu treuen Händen" / as Melchior Kurz / screenplay / as Melchior Kurz)
 
1962 Peter Pan (TV movie) (translation)
 
1961 The Parent Trap (based on the book "Das doppelte Lottchen" by)
 
1957 Salzburg Stories (novel / screenplay)
 
1957 Pega Ladrão (novel "Emil und die Detektiv")
 
1955 Three Men in the Snow (novel / as Berthold Bürger)
 
1954 Die verschwundene Miniatur
 
1954 Emil und die Detektive (novel)
 
1954 Flying Classroom (novel / screenplay)
 
1953 Punktchen and Anton (novel and play)
 
1953 Twice Upon a Time (novel "Das Doppelte Lottchen")
 
1952 Emil and the Detectives (TV series)
– The Hotel in the Square (1952) (novel "Emil und die Detektive")
– Password 'Emil' (1952) (novel "Emil und die Detektive")
– The Man in the Bowler Hat (1952) (novel "Emil und die Detektive")
 
1951 Hibari no komoriuta (novel)
 
1950 Das doppelte Lottchen (novel / screenplay)
 
1950 All About Eve (dialogue: German version - uncredited)
 
1950 Toscanito y los detectives (novel "Emil und die Detektive")
 
1943 Der kleine Grenzverkehr (novel "Georg und die Zwischenfälle" / screenplay / as Berhold Bürger)
 
1943 Ich vertraue Dir meine Frau an (uncredited)
 
1943 The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (script & dialogue / as Berthold Bürger)
 
1942 Der Seniorchef (play "Seine Majestät Gustav Krause" / as Eberhard Foerster)
 
1941 Portrait of Innocence (novel "Emil und die detektive" - uncredited)
 
1940 Frau nach Maß (play / as Eberhard Foerster)
 
1940 Verwandte sind auch Menschen (play / as Eberhard Foerster)
 
1938 Paradise for Three (from a book by)
 
1936 Stackars miljonärer (novel "Drei Männer im Schnee")
 
1936 Tri muzi ve snehu (novel)
 
1935 Emil and the Detectives (novel "Emil und die Detektive")
 
1931 Emil und die Detektive (novel / screenplay)
 
1931 Dann schon lieber Lebertran (short)
 
1931 Das Ekel (uncredited)
 
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1955 Three Men in the Snow
Kommentator
 
1954 Flying Classroom
Autor (uncredited)
 
1950 Das doppelte Lottchen
Narrator (voice)
 
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2011 Herr Alsmann trifft Frau Hielscher (TV documentary) (lyrics: "Sachliche Romanze")
 
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1931 Die Koffer des Herrn O.F. (lyrics)
 
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1970 Die Drehscheibe (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 17 May 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
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2009 Lola - Der deutsche Filmpreis (TV movie)
Himself
 
2008 Kinomagazin (TV series documentary)
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1960) His play, "Emil and the Detectives," was performed at the Mermaid Theatre in London, England with Norman Scace, John Bosch, Mike Hall, Gerard Menuhin, Murray Yeo, Daniel Thorndike, and Leonard Fenton in the cast. See more »

Alternate Names:

Berhold Bürger | Berthold Bürger | Eberhard Foerster | Erich Kastner | Melchior Kurz | Eric Kästner
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Trivia:

German poet and writer, not to be mixed with his name-twin Erich Kästner (1911-2005) the award winning camera design pioneer See more »

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