Kästner and Little Tuesday

Kästner and Little Tuesday

98 mins | Drama, History | Nov. 1, 2016

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.

Kästner and Little Tuesday

98 mins | Drama, History | Nov. 1, 2016

Kästner and Little Tuesday
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.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Dor Film Production Company, ORF, ARD/Degeto Film, Ester.Reglin.Film
Original title Kästner und der kleine Dienstag
Directors Wolfgang Murnberger
Writers Dorothee Schön

Cast

Florian David Fitz

as Erich Kästner

Nico Kleemann

as Hans Löhr (young)

Jascha Baum

as Hans Löhr (old)

Juls Serger

as Wolfi Stern (young)

Oskar Bökelmann

as Wolfi Stern (old)

Katharina Lorenz

as Lotte Löhr

Charlotte Lorenzen

as Ruth Löhr (young)

Hans Löw

as Erich Ohser

Martin Brambach

as Nietenführ

Inga Busch

as Marigard Ohser

Catrin Striebeck

as Edith Jacobsohn

Marie Gruber

as Ida Kästner

Saskia Rosendahl

as Trude

Michele Cuciuffo

as Mr. Stern

Teresa Weißbach

as Herti Kirchner

Paul Matic

as Gestapo

Herbert Schäfer

as Freisler