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Three Men In The Snow (novel)
''Three Men in the Snow'' () is a 1934 novel by the German writer Erich Kästner. Plot The novel is about an eccentric millionaire who disguises himself as a poor man and wins a stay at a fancy hotel in the Alps, while an actually poor man also wins a stay at the hotel and is mistaken as wealthy. The story was an expansion from Kästner's 1927 short story "Inferno im Hotel". Publication ''Three Men in the Snow'' was published in Switzerland in 1934 and initially had unclear legal status in Germany. The Ministry of Propaganda had banned the sale of Kästner's books in Germany in the autumn of 1934, but this was not applied consistently and ''Three Men in the Snow'' was available in Berlin. It was withdrawn from circulation in the autumn of 1935, when a more consistent blanket ban was applied to Kästner's books. Adaptations The novel is the basis for multiple films, including the French ''A Rare Bird'' (1935), the Czechoslovak '' Three Men in the Snow'' (1936), the Swedish '' Poor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erich Kästner
Emil Erich Kästner (; 23 February 1899 – 29 July 1974) was a German writer, poet, screenwriter and satirist, known primarily for his humorous, socially astute poems and for children's books including ''Emil and the Detectives'' and '' Lisa and Lottie''. He received the international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1960 for his autobiography '. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in six separate years. Biography Dresden (1899–1919) Kästner was born in Dresden, Saxony, and grew up on Königsbrücker Straße in Dresden's Äußere Neustadt. Close by, the Erich Kästner Museum was subsequently opened in the Villa Augustin that had belonged to Kästner's uncle Franz Augustin. Kästner's father, Emil Richard Kästner, was a master saddlemaker. His mother, Ida Amalia (née Augustin), had been a maidservant, but in her thirties she trained as a hairstylist in order to supplement her husband's income. Kästner had a particularly close relationship with his mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Hanser Verlag
The Carl Hanser Verlag was founded in 1928 by Carl Hanser in Munich and is one of the few medium-sized publishing companies in the German-speaking area still owned by the founding family. History From the very beginning, the publishing house has been active in the two fields of fiction and literature, with fictional fiction being published from 1933 to 1946. The foundation stones of the publishing house were laid with the participation of the magazine "Betriebsstechnik", which was incorporated into the publishing house in 1933. The activities in the field of trade journals, with 21 publications, play an important role in addition to the literature and specialist books. The founder, Carl Hanser, withdrew from the active publishing management in 1976. In 1985 Carl Hanser died. Wolfgang Beisler, a grandson of Carl Hanser, became a member of the management in 1996. Michael Krüger was Managing Director of Carl Hanser Verlag until 2013 when Jo Lendle took over. In 1961, Carl Hans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reich Ministry Of Public Enlightenment And Propaganda
The Reich Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda (, RMVP), also known simply as the Ministry of Propaganda (), controlled the content of the press, literature, visual arts, film, theater, music and radio in Nazi Germany. The ministry was created as the central institution of Nazi propaganda shortly after the party's national seizure of power in January 1933. In the Hitler cabinet, it was headed by Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels, who exercised control over all German mass media and creative artists through his ministry and the Reich Chamber of Culture (), which was established in the fall of 1933. It was abolished by the Flensburg Government on the 5 May 1945. Establishment and functions Shortly after the March 1933 Reichstag elections, Adolf Hitler presented his cabinet with a draft resolution to establish the ministry. Despite the skepticism of some non-National Socialist ministers, Hitler pushed the resolution through. On 13 March 1933, Reich Presid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Rare Bird
''A Rare Bird'' (French: ''Un oiseau rare'') is a 1935 French comedy film directed by Richard Pottier and starring Pierre Brasseur, Max Dearly and Monique Rolland. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Hubert and Jacques Krauss. It is based on the 1934 novel '' Three Men in the Snow'' by Erich Kästner.Goble p.252 Synopsis A millionaire and a craftsman both win a competition to design a new slogan and win a stay at a hotel in a ski resort, but a series of misunderstandings lead to the two being confused for each other. Cast * Pierre Brasseur as Jean Berthier * Max Dearly as Melleville * Monique Rolland as Renée * Charles Dechamps as Le directeur de l'hôtel * Jean Tissier as Mascaret * Madeleine Guitty as Léonie * Henri Vilbert as Grégoire * Claire Gérard as Mme Berthier * Pierre Larquey as Valentin * Marcel Duhamel as Le baron Tourtau * Madeleine Suffel as La baronne Tourtau * Anthony Gildès as Le sourd * Léon Arvel as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Men In The Snow (1936 Film)
''Three Men in the Snow'' (Czech: ''Tři muži ve sněhu'') is a 1936 Czech comedy film directed by Vladimír Slavínský and starring Hugo Haas, Věra Ferbasová and Jindřich Plachta. It is based on the novel of the same title by Erich Kästner.Goble p.252 The film's sets were designed by the art director Štěpán Kopecký. Cast * Hugo Haas as Továrník Eduard Bárta * Věra Ferbasová as Vera Bártová * Jindřich Plachta as Jan Náprstek * Zdeňka Baldová as Julie Hubácková * Vladimír Borský as Dr. Obch. véd. Jaroslav Hájek * Ella Nollová as Jeho matka * František Paul as Reditel hotelu * Theodor Pistek as Vrátný v Imperialu * Míla Reymonová as Pani Kasperová * Vlasta Hrubá as Paní Severová * Jaroslav Marvan as Director of Barta's Works See also * ''A Rare Bird'' (1935) * ''Paradise for Three ''Paradise for Three'', titled ''Romance for Three'' in the United Kingdom, is a 1938 American romantic comedy film starring Frank Morgan as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poor Millionaires (1936 Film)
''Poor Millionaires'' (Swedish: ''Stackars miljonärer'') is a 1936 Swedish comedy film directed by Ragnar Arvedson and Tancred Ibsen and starring Adolf Jahr, Anna Olin and Ernst Eklund.Larsson & Marklund p.119 The film's sets were designed by the art director Manne Runsten. It is based on the 1934 novel '' Three Men in the Snow'' by Erich Kästner. Synopsis An unemployed engineer wins a competition, first prize is a vacation to a luxury resort in the mountains. Cast * Adolf Jahr as Jan Eriksson * Anna Olin as Mrs. Eriksson * Ernst Eklund as Georg Delmar * Eleonor de Floer as Eva Delmar * Nils Wahlbom as Johan * Tollie Zellman as Mrs. Olander * Olav Riégo as Holm * Gerda Björne as Wholesalers wife * Gudrun Brost as Hotel guest * Carl Browallius as Larsson, clerk * Eivor Engelbrektsson as Ofelia * John Ericsson as Lumberer * Georg Funkquist as Hovén, hotel manager * Nils Hallberg as Bell boy * Anna-Lisa Hydén as Hotel guest * Håkan Jahnberg as Restau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paradise For Three
''Paradise for Three'', titled ''Romance for Three'' in the United Kingdom, is a 1938 American romantic comedy film starring Frank Morgan as a wealthy industrialist who learns about his Austrian workers by surreptitiously living among them. It was adapted from Erich Kästner's novel ''Three Men in the Snow (novel), Three Men in the Snow'', published in 1934. ''Paradise for Three'' is the third of several film adaptations of Kästner's novel. It was preceded by the French film ''A Rare Bird'' in 1935. Other films bearing the title of the novel were released in Three Men in the Snow (1936 film), 1936, Three Men in the Snow (1955 film), 1955 and Three Men in the Snow (1974 film), 1974. Cast * Frank Morgan as Rudolph Tobler / "Edward Schultz", industrialist * Robert Young (actor), Robert Young as Fritz Hagedorn, contest winner * Mary Astor as Irene Mallebre, gold-digging divorcee * Florence Rice as Hilde Tobler / "Hilde Schultz", Rudolph's daughter * Edna May Oliver as Julia Kunkel, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Men In The Snow (1955 Film)
''Three Men in the Snow'' () is a 1955 German comedy film based on the novel of the same name by Erich Kästner. Cast Source: * Paul Dahlke – Geheimrat Eduard Schlüter * Günther Lüders – Johann Kesselhut * Claus Biederstaedt – Dr. Fritz Hagedorn * Nicole Heesters – Hildegard Schlüter * Margarete Haagen – Frau Kunkel * Alma Seidler – Mutter Hagedorn * Eva Maria Meineke – Frau Thea Casparius * Franz Muxeneder – Graswander Toni, Ski-Lehrer * Hans Olden – Direktor Kühne * Fritz Imhoff – Portier Polter * Richard Eybner – Herr Heltai See also * '' A Rare Bird'' (1935) * '' Three Men in the Snow'' (1936) * '' Paradise for Three'' (1938) * '' Three Men in the Snow'' (1974) References Further reading * * * External links * 1955 comedy films 1955 films Films directed by Kurt Hoffmann Films based on Three Men in the Snow (novel) Remakes of French films Films set in hotels Films set in the Alps Skiing films Austrian comed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Men In The Snow (1974 Film)
''Three Men in the Snow'' (German: ''Drei Männer im Schnee'') is a 1974 West German, German comedy film directed by Alfred Vohrer and starring Klaus Schwarzkopf, Roberto Blanco and Thomas Fritsch.Bock & Bergfelder p.237 It is an adaptation of Three Men in the Snow (novel), the novel of the same title by Erich Kästner. Plot The wealthy and eccentric Tobler, a Geheimrat and owner of various businesses, enters and wins a competition started by one of his businesses. Using the pseudonym Schlüter he wins the second prize: a ten-day stay at the luxurious Grand Hotel in Bruckbeuren in the Alps. The first prize is won by Dr. Fritz Hagedorn, an unemployed copywriter, who lives with his widowed mother and scrapes by on occasional work. Before claiming the prize, Tobler transforms himself into Schlüter and assumes the persona of a poor man. His intention is to carry out a sociological study. Tobler buys old, worn-out, tattered clothes, and manages to pass himself off as destitute. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1934 German Novels
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Novels By Erich Kästner
A novel is an extended work of narrative fiction usually written in prose and published as a book. The word derives from the for 'new', 'news', or 'short story (of something new)', itself from the , a singular noun use of the neuter plural of ''novellus'', diminutive of ''novus'', meaning 'new'. According to Margaret Doody, the novel has "a continuous and comprehensive history of about two thousand years", with its origins in the Ancient Greek and Roman novel, Medieval Chivalric romance, and the tradition of the Italian Renaissance novella.Margaret Anne Doody''The True Story of the Novel'' New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1996, rept. 1997, p. 1. Retrieved 25 April 2014. The ancient romance form was revived by Romanticism, in the historical romances of Walter Scott and the Gothic novel. Some novelists, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Ann Radcliffe, and John Cowper Powys, preferred the term ''romance''. Such romances should not be confused with th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Novels Adapted Into Films
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