Locomotive 1414

Locomotive 1414 (also Locomotive Fourteen Fourteen ) is a series of children's books by the Austrian author Friedrich Feld , published from 1948 onwards , which also appeared on radio play records in Germany from 1959 onwards.

The book Fourteen Fourteen Goes on Vacation was published in Germany ; it was illustrated by Rolf Rettich . A first radio play version of the locomotive 1414 on vacation was broadcast on Hessischer Rundfunk on children's radio as early as 1949 . Directed by Wilhelm Semmelroth .

Locomotive 1414 was first published as radio plays from the 1950s / 1960s on 17 cm records

... goes on vacation
… has birthday
... in the wild west
... learn to do magic
... performs in the circus
... and the rhinoceros gone wild
... and the child prodigy
... and the magic carpet
... and the green bus
... and the ghost mill
... and the treasure cave

This series was also based on short radio versions, now from the children's radio of Südwestfunk Baden-Baden. In some cases, booklets were integrated into the covers of the records with the radio play text to read along with large-format pictures. There followed also publications on compilations , especially on fairy tale records and cassettes with radio plays by other authors such as the Brothers Grimm .

In 2010, a second radio play version of the Hessischer Rundfunk, deviating from the original commercial publications, of locomotive 1414 goes on vacation in audio publishing on CD was also released . This dates from 1952. At the same time, Boje Verlag also re- published the book , which had been out of print for a long time, and spoke of a rediscovery of a classic children's book.

The number of copies of the radio plays and fan comments on the Internet testify to the actual success of the series, which was at times almost forgotten; In addition, there are statements from celebrities who mention the locomotive LPs as favorite radio plays of their childhood.

Publications

Locomotive 1414 goes on vacation . Illustrated by Rolf Rettich, Boje-Verlag, 2010, ISBN 978-3-414-82117-1
Locomotive 1414 goes on vacation . Radio play, Der Audio Verlag, ISBN 978-3-89813-933-5

Web link

http://www.wickeonline.de/Lok1414/