Erich Kästner

Writing

Erich Kästner

Born 1899-02-23 · Dresden, Germany

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.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

The Scoundrel poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Scoundrel

1931

Emil and the Detectives poster
7.2

When a suspicious man bribes Emil with chocolate in return for a bundle of cash, the young lad thinks of a plan to catch him.

Emil and the Detectives

1931

The Flying Classroom poster
7.7

The third form of a boarding school and the students of a neighboring school do not get along. Each side dreams up the craziest pranks to defeat the other. And when one day the high school students go as far as stealing the Gymnasium students’ essays and even burning them, daily school life really gets out of hand.

The Flying Classroom

1954

Münchhausen poster
6.5

Legendary, immortal nobleman Baron Munchausen regales a lovestruck woman with tales of his amazing adventures.

Münchhausen

1943

I'd Rather Have Cod Liver Oil poster
8.0

Each evening, before saying their prayers, some children swallow their cod liver oil. One evening, the youngest child makes a daring request in his prayer. (Lost film.)

I'd Rather Have Cod Liver Oil

1931

Liebe will gelernt sein poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Liebe will gelernt sein

1963

Two Times Lotte poster
6.7

Two nine-year-old girls—rude Luise Palfy and respectful shy Lotte Körner—meet on a summer camp. Apart from their different hair-do, they look alike. They have never seen each other before, but soon find out that they are identical twins. It turns out that their parents divorced, each keeping one of the girls. They decide to trade places at the end of the summer. Lottie curls her hair, Lisa braids hers, and both go off to where they have never been before. The adventure begins.

Two Times Lotte

1950

Three Men in the Snow poster
7.5

The multi-millionaire Eduard Schlüter takes part under the name Schulze in a raffle of his own Schlüter works and wins a stay at the Grand Hotel. Disguised as a poor swallower, he would like to study the reactions of the hotel staff and guests. As an assistant, he takes his reliable servant Johann with him. Once there, he makes friends and also has cause for annoyance when his daughter and the housekeeper arrive.

Three Men in the Snow

1955

Salzburg Stories poster
7.0

A wealthy citizen of Salzburg wants to write a play about ordinary people.

Salzburg Stories

1957

Der kleine Grenzverkehr poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Der kleine Grenzverkehr

1943