FRI. NOV. 17, 2017 – 7.30 PM
ERICH KÄSTNER AND LITTLE TUESDAY
Germany/ Austria 2016 – WA PREMIERE – 99 min.
Director: Wolfgang Murnberger Cast: Florian David Fitz, Nico Ramon Kleemann,
Germany, 1931. The youth novel “Emil and the Detectives” is being filmed, which will make its author, Erich Kästner, world famous. An unusual friendship begins between the childless author and fatherless Hans, the 9-year-old playing the character Little Tuesday. Their friendship is put to the ultimate test in the Third Reich when Kästner’s books are banned and little Hans becomes a Hitler Youth. Based on a true story.
Emil Erich Kästner (23 February 1899 – 29 July 1974) was a German author, poet, screenwriter and satirist, known primarily for his humorous, socially astute poems and for children’s books including Emil and the Detectives. Kästner was a pacifist and wrote for children because of his belief in the regenerative powers of youth. He was opposed to the Nazi regime, which burned his books as “contrary to the German spirit” during the book burnings of 10 May 1933. One of his most popular children’s novel Das doppelte Lottchen (Lottie and Lisa) was adaptated in the two U.S. versions ofThe Parent Trap, made in 1961 and 1998.Opening remarks by Honorary Consul of the Federal Republic of Germany for Washington & Montana, Ulrich Fischer.
THE OPENING NIGHT PARTY WILL BE DIRECTLY AFTER THE FILM AT THE NWFF.
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