Erich Kästner

Erich Kästner
Total Credits at Criticker: 21 (Writer)
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The Parent Trap
Identical twins Hallie and Annie were separated at birth when their parents divorced. After the two meet at summer camp, they begin plotting to reunite their estranged parents. (imdb)
The Parent Trap
Hayley Mills plays twins who, unknown to their divorced parents, meet at a summer camp. Products of single parent households, they switch places (surprise!) so as to meet the parent they never knew, and then contrive to reunite them. (imdb)
Parent Trap III
When Jeff plans to marry again, his triplet daughters Megan, Lisa and Jessie try to bring him together with Susan. (imdb)
Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon
Inheriting a family resort in Hawaii, the Wyatts find it in such a run-down condition that they decide to sell it after trying to fix it up. Amidst confusing goings-on among the triplet teenage girls and the boys they meet, Jeffrey meets an old high school rival who promises to keep the resort as-is if Jeffrey will sell it to him. He has other plans in mind, however, and they are not limited merely to Jeffrey's resort. (imdb)
Münchhausen
1940's descendant (Hans Albers) of an eccentric German Baron recounts some of his ancestor's enhanced, exaggerated, and grandly unrealistic stories as he searches the world for the secret of eternal life. This feature is in pastel colors and is a bit grainy. It is spoken German, but is available subtitled. (imdb)
Emil and the Detectives
When Emil travels by bus to Berlin to visit his grandmother and his cousin, his money is stolen by a crook who specializes in digging tunnels. Emil must get the money back as it is for his grandmother. While following the thief, Emil runs into Gustav, an enterprising young boy who gathers up all his friends to help Emil find the money... (imdb)
Fabian
Based on Erich Kästner's novel Fabian is about the Germanist Jakob Fabian living in Berlin in 1930 and his confrontation with the nightlife of Berlin, the conflict of National Socialists against communists and the hedonism of sexuality.
Emil und die Detektive
A boy, on a trip to his grandmother's house, is robbed and proceeds to investigate and attempt to apprehend the criminal.
Paradise for Three
Frank Morgan stars as American businessman Rudolph Tobler, who wants to get closer to his German roots. Travelling incognito, Tobler shows up at a German alpine village, hoping to find out what the local population is really like. Before long, the old duffer is smack-dab in the middle of a breach of promise suit with predatory Mrs. Mallebre Mary Astor. Coming to the rescue is young go-getter Fritz Hagedorn Robert Young, who also finds time for romance with Tobler's daughter Hilde Florence Rice. (allmovie.com)
Animals United
Animals take their rightful, and often comedic, revenge against evil human scum who have long damaged their environment. (lostinlodos)
Das doppelte Lottchen
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.
Khaharan-e gharib
Twin sisters N. and N., who have never met and do not know each other in an organized recreation programs for schools that meet, which they are by looking in the have been isolated from years ago parents Now, the father is going to marry .... (imdb)
Emil und die Detektive
In a train on way to Berlin, Emil, a young boy is robbed. At the German capital, he gets in an adventure to get his money back.
Das fliegende Klassenzimmer
All is not really well between the boys of Gymnasium and the boys of the six-form High School: Their continuous feud is only one of the pleasant alternations, which life brings into the everyday school life. In addition, there are the rehearsals for the school theatre, the secrets around a teacher called 'Justus' and a man called the "non-smoker", who lives in an abandoned non-smoking railway carriage. Moreover, in between all the exciting surprises, a few serious things remain to be done... (imdb)
Emil and the Detectives
Erich Kästner's beloved novel has been adapted for film or television six times since its publication in 1929; this 1935 British version was the first in English. Believed lost for decades, it was recently rediscovered by the BFI and has now been restored. The film moves the action from Berlin to London, where Emil goes to stay with his grandmother and cousin. Thereafter, the tale of Emil's adventures with a gang of streetwise London children faithfully follows the original plot.
Un oiseau rare
When a millionaire's valet wins a slogan contest, he wins a stay at an exclusive hotel, where a series of misunderstandings takes place.
Drei Männer im Schnee
A rich man wins a vacation at a hotel but takes it in the disguise of a poor man under the supervision of his butler. The hotel manager gets tipped off about the plot, but misidentifies a money-less doctor as the eccentric. (imdb)
Fabian oder Der Gang vor die Hunde
1920s Berlin. Dr. Jakob Fabian, who works by day in advertising for a cigarette company and by night wanders the streets of the city, falls in love with an actress. As her career begins to blossom, prospects for his future begin to wane. (imdb)
Das fliegende Klassenzimmer
There have always been arguments between the boarding school and the grammar school in Bamberg. But this time things are getting really serious: wild fights ensue between the students. (imdb)
Pünktchen und Anton
Despite their social differences Luise, called Pünktchen, a girl from rich parentage befriends Anton, a boy who has to earn his own money in order to afford life for his sick mother and himself. Together they undergo different adventures, even preventing a theft in Pünktchens home
Das fliegende Klassenzimmer
It tells the story of Martina. She takes up a scholarship at the Johann-Sigismund Gymnasium boarding school. She increasingly finds herself caught between the rivalry between the boarders and the "externals" from the local village.