Pünktchen und Anton
Pünktchen und Anton is a children's novel by Erich Kästner , published in 1931.
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The novel is about the girl Luise Pogge, called Pünktchen, who lives in wealthy circumstances in Berlin , and the boy Anton Gast, whose standard of living is far below that of Pünktchen. Anton lives alone with his sick mother in a small apartment. In order for both of them to make ends meet, Anton has to earn money in addition to school and help his mother with housework.
Pünktchen lives in a large apartment with her parents, the walking stick manufacturer Fritz Pogge and his wife, who both hardly have time for them, the nurse Fräulein Andacht and the cook Berta, known as "the fat Berta", and the dachshund Piefke.
Although her parents are wealthy, Pünktchen has to go begging with the nanny without her parents' knowledge, because Miss Andacht's dubious fiance (Pünktchen calls him "Robert the Devil") is extorting money from her. While begging, Pünktchen gets to know Anton, who also begs, but out of real need. His mother has had a major operation and is therefore unable to support the family. Despite their different living conditions, Pünktchen and Anton become close friends who do a lot together.
The highlight of the story is a break-in attempt by Robert into the Pogge family's apartment. For this he had his fiancée draw a plan of the apartment and also got the house keys. Anton, who observed the handover of the keys, warns Berta, who happens to be present, by telephone. She alerts the police, but the burglar arrives beforehand and is knocked unconscious with a gymnastics club when she enters the apartment. At the same time, Mr. and Mrs. Pogge meet Pünktchen and Fräulein Andacht begging red-handed. The nurse then flees. The Pogge family returned home and met the housekeeper as well as the police and the arrested burglar, who was identified by Pünktchen as Fraulein Andacht's fiancé. He is taken away and the remaining residents go to bed.
Pünktchen's father recognizes his social responsibility and that he has neglected his daughter. That's why Anton and his mother are allowed to move into the Pogges' apartment. Anton's mother takes the position of Fraulein Andacht, who fled after the break-in attempt.
Between the chapters of the story, Kästner has interspersed so-called “reflections” in which he addresses ethical questions based on the details of the story.
Film adaptations
- Pünktchen und Anton (1953) - Director: Thomas Engel (with Hertha Feiler , Paul Klinger and Jane Tilden )
- Pünktchen und Anton (1999) - Director: Caroline Link (with Elea Geissler , Max Felder , Juliane Köhler , August Zirner and Meret Becker )
Comic version
By Isabel Kreitz a comic implementation of the novel (Dressler Verlag, Hamburg 2009, comes ISBN 978-3-7915-1160-3 ), which graphically displays the original illustrations of the first edition of 1931 (by Walter Trier inspired).
Children's opera
The children's opera Pünktchen und Anton with music by Iván Eröd and a libretto by Thomas Höft was premiered on May 8, 2010 in a production by Matthias von Stegmann in the children's opera tent of the Vienna State Opera.
musical
In September 2014 the musical adaptation Pünktchen und Anton by Marc Schubring (music) and Wolfgang Adenberg (lyrics and book) premiered in the Junge Theater Bonn .
Stage versions
Just before Christmas 1930 dots and Anton at the Deutsches Theater , directed by Gottfried Reinhardt with Hanna Maron as dots put on stage for the first time.
- 1947: Director: Hugo Schrader (guest performance at the Stage of the Youth in the Neue Scala Berlin )
On November 26th, 2011, the stage version by Volker Ludwig was premiered under the title Pünktchen meets Anton at the Berlin Grips Theater . In Ludwig's new version, the young Anton is a boy living illegally in Berlin, whose mother, who comes from Belarus, does not have a residence permit. Pünktchen is the daughter of a rich real estate agent whose wife organizes charity parties for Berlin society. This stage version is the first revision of the classic material to which the Kästner heirs have given their approval.
Board game
In 1967 “Pünktchen und Anton” was introduced as a board game by the games publisher JW Spear & Sons .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Erich Kästner's “Pünktchen und Anton” is now available as a comic. In: Berliner Literaturkritik , September 4, 2009.
- ↑ World premiere of the musical based on the novel by Erich Kästner by Marc Schubring and Wolfgang Adenberg. (No longer available online.) Jt-bonn.de , archived from the original on June 17, 2015 ; accessed on May 20, 2015 . 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.
- ^ Pünktchen and Anton (Bonn 2014). unitedmusicals.de, accessed on May 20, 2015 .
- ↑ Berliner Zeitung of March 15, 1947, p. 3
