5 siblings
5 Geschwister (formerly also: Five Siblings ) is the title of one of the most successful adventure series of Christian children's and youth literature in Germany .
history
The first volume in the series was published in 1980 under the title Five Siblings on the Adventure Castle by the then Schulte & Gerth publishing house . Inspired for his first book, Pastor Dieter B. Kabus had his own five children. In the unsuccessful search for suitable, exciting reading material with a Christian message for his daughter Esther from his first marriage and the four adoptive children Marianne, Petra, Hans-Georg and Alexander from his second marriage, Kabus finally decided to close the obvious gap in the market himself. The children became the heroes of his adventure stories by name. The success of the books confirmed the deficit that Kabus recognized on the Christian book market and, contrary to his plans, prompted him to end the series after the third volume, to write a total of ten volumes. In 1994 the series had already sold a total of 200,000 copies. Some books have also been translated into other languages such as Swedish, Norwegian and English.
The radio play adaptations by Günter Schmitz also tied seamlessly to the success of the books . The radio play cassettes were released in 1989 and 1990 in coproduction by the S + G and Bella Musica labels and were finally released on CD in 2006.
After Kabus died in 1993 in the middle of the preparations for an interactive adventure, his daughter Esther, married Brudermann, brought the project to a close. The book was published in 1994 under the title 5 Siblings - The Endless Story . Together with her husband Jesko, Esther A. Brudermann wrote a second interactive volume, which was published in 1996 under the title Who frees the 5 siblings? appeared. The author couple had previously released the board game 5 Geschwister auf der Abenteuerburg - Das Abenteuerspiel in 1994 .
The series developed into a Christian children's classic over several generations of readers and listeners. After 24 years since the publication of the tenth and, by then, last series of radio plays, the publishing house Gerth Medien presented the first two sequels by the team of authors Tobias Schuffenhauer and Tobias Schier with a public listening of the eleventh episode to 5 Siblings in the Mysterious Lighthouse .
Books and radio plays
| # | title | year | Publisher / label | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| book | radio play | ||||
| 1 | 5 siblings in the adventure castle | 1980 | 1989 | Gerth media | Radio play initially published in co-production with Bella Musica |
| 2 | 5 siblings solve the mystery of the adventure castle | 1981 | 1989 | Gerth media |
Original title of the first edition of the book: The five siblings solve the mystery of the adventure castle ; Radio play initially published in co-production with Bella Musica |
| 3 | 5 siblings in the eerie castle | 1981 | 1989 | Gerth media | Radio play initially published in co-production with Bella Musica |
| 4th | 5 siblings in the mysterious palazzo | 1982 | 1989 | Gerth media | Radio play initially published in co-production with Bella Musica |
| 5 | 5 siblings in the enigmatic manor house | 1983 | 1989 | Gerth media | Radio play initially published in co-production with Bella Musica |
| 6th | 5 siblings in the abandoned monastery | 1983 | 1989 | Gerth media | Radio play initially published in co-production with Bella Musica |
| 7th | 5 siblings in the strange villa | 1984 | 1989 | Gerth media | Radio play initially published in co-production with Bella Musica |
| 8th | 5 siblings in the unusual rectory | 1985 | 1989 | Gerth media | Radio play initially published in co-production with Bella Musica |
| 9 | 5 siblings in the strange hunting lodge | 1986 | 1990 | Gerth media | Radio play initially published in co-production with Bella Musica |
| 10 | 5 siblings in the strange patrician house | 1987 | 1990 | Gerth media | Radio play initially published in co-production with Bella Musica |
| 11 | 5 siblings in the mysterious lighthouse | 2016 | 2014 | Gerth media | First sequel to the radio play series by the team of authors Tobias Schuffenhauer and Tobias Schier |
| 12 | 5 siblings in the forbidden grave | 2016 | 2014 | Gerth media | |
| 13 | 5 siblings - the forgotten island | 2016 | 2015 | Gerth media | |
| 14th | 5 siblings in the underground labyrinth | 2016 | 2015 | Gerth media | |
| 15th | 5 siblings - danger at the fair | 2017 | 2015 | Gerth media | |
| 16 | 5 siblings on the gloomy estate | 2017 | 2016 | Gerth media | |
| 17th | 5 siblings - the hidden opponent | 2016 | Gerth media | ||
| 18th | 5 siblings - Luther's legacy | 2016 | Gerth media | ||
| 19th | 5 siblings - the shadow in the eternal ice | 2017 | Gerth media | ||
| 20th | 5 siblings - attack on the observatory | 2017 | Gerth media | ||
| 21st | 5 siblings - wrong game for Christmas | 2017 | Gerth media | ||
| 22nd | 5 siblings - in the wild west | 2018 | Gerth media | ||
| 23 | 5 siblings - Symphony of Terror | 2018 | Gerth media | ||
| 24 | 5 siblings - in the spider's web | 2018 | Gerth media | ||
| - | 5 siblings - missing in the Far East
A - The sword of the samurai B - In the valley of death C - The god of thunder |
2019 | Gerth media | Anniversary box - 30 years "5 siblings"
Contains 3 new radio plays |
|
| 25th |
5 siblings - back to the Stone Age |
2019 | Gerth media | ||
| 26th | 5 siblings - the pirate's gold | 2020 | Gerth media | ||
| 27 | 5 siblings - hunting in the hotel | 2020 | Gerth media | ||
| 28 | 5 siblings - groping in the dark | 2020 | Gerth media | ||
Figures and speakers
main characters
| # | Surname | properties | Radio play speaker | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| original | continuation | |||
| 1 | Marianne | Oldest of the siblings (15 years in the first episode); cooks, bakes, likes to read, keeps a diary, occasionally writes poetry | Justine Seewald | Tjorven Lauber |
| 2 | Petra | 14 years old, likes plants and animals | Katrin Landau | Sarah Stoffers |
| 3 | Hans-Georg | 13 years, interested in electronics and technology | Stephan Hofmann | Fabian Stumpf |
| 4th | Esther | 11 years, enthusiastic about castles, palaces and secret passages | Simone Kraft | Lisa Kielbassa |
| 5 | Alexander | The youngest of the siblings (10 years old), likes animals, collects stamps, friends also call him Sascha | Peter Menger | Jan-Micha Nietsch; Tim Auner (Episodes 11 and 12) |
Prominent speakers in guest roles
- Doris Loh - as Mrs. Martin (episodes 1 and 2)
- Jochen Rieger - as a gardener (episode 5)
- Margret Birkenfeld - as Mrs. Haugen (episode 7)
- Hanno Herzler - as Baron Zerbach (episode 18)
- Jürgen Werth - as Pastor Tuak (episode 19)
- Daniel Schneider - as a lawyer (episode 20)
- Helmut Krauss - as John Silver (episode 22)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.gerth.de/index.php?id=details&sku=938331
- ↑ - ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento from July 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
