Erich Kästner Movies

When Emil travels by bus to Berlin to visit his family, his money is stolen by a crook who specializes in digging tunnels. While following the thief,...

A businessman mingles with German laborers to learn more about their lives.

A boy who was once a perpetual outcast finds friends in a new boarding school, united with his new peers gets involved in a heated rivalry with a...

This film adaptation of Erich Kästner's book is about a millionaire who wants to travel to a hotel under a false name and test how "normal...

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...

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

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...

The story of Jacob Fabian, a somewhat liberal Berlin advertising copywriter who witnesses the collapse of the prewar German society during the 1930s.

A pair of twin girls are separated when their parents divorce. They meet again by accident when they are both sent to the same Summer camp, and while...

Based on Kaestner's "Emil and the Detectives" tale.

Jan Eriksson wins a vacation trip to a hotel in the mountains.

Erich Kästner’s beloved novel has been adapted for film or television six times since its publication in 1929; this 1935 British version...

Sequel to Animals United (2010). Plot TBA.