Re: Emil and the Detectives and The Land of Cockaigne

Steve Hayes wrote:

>Emil and the Detectives
>and
>The Land of Cockaigne
>
>Both were, I believe, written by German authors between the world
>wars, and I wonder whether anyone else remembers reading them. 

I only know Emil und die Detektive, written by Erich Kästner. In fact,
this one is still very popular in Germany and I have read it more than
once with my 5th graders. It has been turned into a film 3 times, the
oldest one is from 1931 and the script was written by Billy Wilder, who
later made it big in Hollywood. I would definitely recommend this for
watching, it's so lovingly made and it shows the old Berlin from before
the war but I do not know if an English version, whether synchronized or
subtitled, is available.

-jw-
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