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Kästner and Little Tuesday

Kästner and Little Tuesday

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 1, 2016

Runtime

1h 38m

Genres

History, Drama

User Score

74%

Original Title

Kästner und der kleine Dienstag

Production Companies

ORF, Ester.Reglin.Film, Dor Film, ARD Degeto, WDR

Director

Wolfgang Murnberger

Description

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.