Erich Kästner(1899-1974)
- Writer
- Actor
- Music Department
Erich Kästner was born on 23 February 1899 in Dresden, Germany. He was a writer and actor, known for The Parent Trap (1998), Das doppelte Lottchen (1950) and Emil and the Detectives (1931). He died on 29 July 1974 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination
Writer
- 2025
Actor
Music Department
- Alternative names
- Berhold Bürger
- Born
- Died
- July 29, 1974
- Munich, Bavaria, West Germany(esophageal cancer)
- Other worksStage: Wrote "Emil and the Detectives," produced by the People's National Theatre Production and performed at the Vaudeville Theatre in London, England, with Tony Wickham Jones, Cecil Trouncer and Billy Thatcher in the cast. Henry Cass was director. NOTE: Filmed as Emil and the Detectives: Part 1 (1966), Emil and the Detectives: Part 2 (1966), Emil and the Detectives (1952), Emil and the Detectives: Part 1 - The Journey (1966), Emil and the Detectives: Part 2 - Alone in Berlin (1966), Emil and the Detectives: Part 3 - The Detectives (1966), Emil and the Detectives: Part 4 - Lying in Wait (1966), Emil and the Detectives: Part 5 - Saved by a Pinprick (1966), Emil and the Detectives (1963), Emil and the Detectives (1935), Emil and the Detectives (1952), Emil and the Detectives (1964), Emil and the Detectives (1931), Emil und die Detektive (1954), Emil und die detektiv (2001)_, Emiler Goenda Bahini (1980), Us Kids (1941), Pega Ladrão (1957), Toscanito y los detectives (1950).
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- TriviaPoet, satirist, screenwriter and author of children's books, the son of a saddle maker. His best-known works were the oft-filmed "Emil and the Detectives" and "The Parent Trap".
- Nicknames
- Eberhard Foerster
- Melchior Kurz
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