Cast & creator
Erich Kästner
Best known for Die Drehscheibe, German Film Award, The Parent Trap
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.
57
film credits
6
television credits
8
1931–2026 · acting roles
7.1
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (63)
Showing 63 of 63 credits
Die Drehscheibe
Self
1964German Film Award
Self
1951
The Parent Trap
Novel
1998Bavarian Film Awards
Self
1979
The Parent Trap
Novel
1961
Animals United
Novel
2010
The Parent Trap II
Novel
1986Das Jahrhundert des Kabaretts
Self (archive Footage)
2001
Fabian: Going to the Dogs
Novel
2021
Emil and the Detectives
Novel
2001
Emil and the Detectives
Novel
1964Bettys Beat-Box-Haus
Self
1968
Emil and the Detectives
Novel
1935
Charlie & Louise - Das doppelte Lottchen
Novel
1994
Animals United
Novel
1969
Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon
Book
1989Poor Millionaires
Novel
1936
Emil and the Detectives
Novel
2026
Parent Trap III
Novel
1989
Poem: I Set My Foot Upon the Air and It Carried Me
Poem
2003
Liebe will gelernt sein
Screenplay
1963
Emil and the Detectives
Novel
1931Emil and the Detectives
Screenplay
1931
Annaluise & Anton
Novel
1999
Emil and the Detectives
Novel
1954
Münchhausen
Screenplay
1943
The Flying Classroom
Autor (uncredited)
1954The Flying Classroom
Screenplay
1954The Flying Classroom
Novel
1954
I'd Rather Have Cod Liver Oil
Writer
1931
Twice Upon a Time
Novel
1953
Drei Männer im Schnee
Novel
1974
Emiler Goenda Bahini
Novel
1980
The Flying Classroom
Novel
2003
The Scoundrel
Screenplay
1931
Three Men in the Snow
Narrator
1955Three Men in the Snow
Screenplay
1955Three Men in the Snow
Novel
1955
Annaluise & Anton
Novel
1953
The Flying Classroom
Novel
2023
Three Men in the Snow
Novel
1936
Paradise for Three
Novel
1938
Drei Männer Im Schnee
Author
1985
Das doppelte Lottchen
Novel
2017
Die verschwundene Miniatur
Novel
1954
Toscanito y los detectives
Novel
1950
Lisa and Lottie
Novel
2007
Az eltűnt miniatűr
Writer
1978
Two Times Lotte
Narrator
1950Two Times Lotte
Novel
1950Two Times Lotte
Screenplay
1950
The Double Lottie
Novel
1995
Fabian
Novel
1980
The Flying Classroom
Novel
1973
Portrait of Innocence
Novel
1941Kdyby všichni kluci světa
Book
1969
Der kleine Grenzverkehr
Writer
1943
Peter Pan
Teleplay
1962Frau nach Maß
Story
1940
Hibari no komoriuta
Novel
1951
Salzburg Stories
Writer
1957Salzburg Stories
Novel
1957
Pega Ladrão
Novel
1957