20 x German Literature - 20 x Film Adaptations

On October 24, 2022, directly following this year's Frankfurt Book Fair (Oct. 19-23), the Day of Libraries 2022 will take place. For this occasion, we present in this collection 20 adaptations of 20 German novels or stories, which were written in different times and eras. In the following list the authors are listed alphabetically, the title of the novel follows. If this differs from the title of the film adaptation, it is mentioned in parentheses. Ludwig Anzenhofer: The Sternstein Manor Vicki Baum: The Glass Castle Alfred Döblin: Berlin Alexanderplatz Max Frisch: Return to Montauk (after "Montauk") Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Tarot Wilhelm Hauff: The cold heart Erich Kästner: The Flying Classroom Eva Lippold: The Fiancee (after "House of Heavy Gates and Life, Where Death Is Done") Erich Loest: Nikolaikirche Andreas Marquardt: Tough Love (after "Hardness: My way out of the vicious circle of violence") Nils Mohl: Once upon a time there was Indian land Walter Moers: Käpt'n Blaubär (after "The 13 ½ Lives of Käpt'n Blaubär") Erik Neutsch: Trace of Stones Sven Regener: New Vahr South Egon Richter: The Russians are coming (after the story "Die Anzeige" from the volume "Ferien am Feuer") Anna Seghers: Escape route to Marseilles (after "Transit") Erwin Strittmatter: The shop Kurt Tucholsky: Gripsholm Tomi Ungerer: Moon Man Ernst Weiß: My father, my wife and my mistress (after "The poor prodigal")