The castle trio
| The castle trio | |
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| Original title | The castle trio alternative title: 3 heroes |
| genre | Youth book / crime novel |
| novel | |
| country | Germany |
| author | Helmut Rellergerd |
| publishing company | pelican |
| First publication | 1988-1994 |
| expenditure | 20th |
 (orig. Das Schloß-Trio ) |
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| Radio play from Germany | |
| Year of production | 1988-1989 |
| genre | Youth series |
| consequences | 10 of approx. 40 min |
| Publisher / label | Europe |
| Contributors | |
| author | Helmut Rellergerd , HG Francis |
| Director | Heikedine Körting |
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The Castle Trio (Alternative Title: 3 heroes ) is the title of a German youth book - series , which from 1988 by Pelican were published. The book series comprises 20 volumes and was written by Helmut Rellergerd under the pseudonym Red Geller. At the same time, the first ten volumes were published as radio plays by Europe .
action
The 16-year-old Randolph Ritter, who is always called Randy by his friends, lives with his parents in a castle on the Rhine . Toshikiara from Japan moves in with the knights through a student exchange program. Randy experiences various adventures together with Turbo, as the Japanese are preferred to be called. For example, they deal with pirates, thieves or smugglers. Both are always supported by Michaela Schröder, Ela for short.
Randy's father, Peter Ritter, and the family friend, Alfred, work for a German secret service. As a result, Randy, Turbo and Ela also get involved in various national and international criminal conflicts and are always committed to solving them.
The troupe in the first volume was given the name Das Schloß-Trio due to the fact that there are three of them and mostly live in a castle.
Books
In 1988 the first volume called The Japanese Sword appeared . Until 1991, further books with new stories from the castle trio were published at regular intervals. The last volume for the time being appeared after three years in 1994.
- The Japanese Sword (1988)
- Counterfeit money on the ghost train (1988)
- Dangerous Agent Freight (1988)
- The Cairo Mummy (1988)
- Night of Horrors in the Landschulheim (1988)
- The Creep in the Gold Mask (1988)
- The Beyond Express (1988)
- Lemuria Secret Plan (1988)
- Alarm on the riding stables (1988)
- The Nightmare Circus (1988)
- Pete and the Ghost Ship (1989)
- Hunt for Peter Ritter (1989)
- Three Against the Mafia (1989)
- Main prize: A grave in the Rhine (1990)
- Alarm in the Alps (1990)
- The riddle of the heavy pigeons (1990)
- Mister Goosebumps (1990)
- The ghost gondola of Venice (1990)
- Witches Dance at Midnight (1991)
- Poison in the corner shop (1994)
The book series was reissued in the 2000s under the new title 3 Heroes . Author Helmut Rellergerd used his pseudonym Jason Dark for this .
Radio plays
The first ten volumes were published between 1988 and 1989 as a radio play on the Europa label . The approximately 40-minute radio plays were based on the book. Among the various speakers for the radio play series, Andreas von der Meden was able to win a very well-known voice in Germany in a supporting role; until his death in 2017 he dubbed David Hasselhoff , among others , who was extremely popular in the late 80s with his television series Knight Rider and Baywatch .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Büchertreff.de Das Schloss-Trio - accessed on December 29, 2015
- ↑ Hörspielland.de: Das Schloß-Trio - accessed on December 29, 2015