Paul the Puppeteer
The story is set at Der Alte Schützenhof in Husum
Paul the Puppeteer (German: Pole Poppenspäler) is an 1874 novella by the German writer Theodor Storm. It is about a Frisian woodturner who tells the story of how he got his nickname.
An English translation by Denis Jackson was published in 2004.[1] The story has been adapted for film multiple times.[2]
Film adaptations[]
- 1935 – Pole Poppenspäler, directed by Curt Oertel
- 1944/1945 – Der Puppenspieler, directed by Alfred Braun, left unfinished
- 1954 – Pole Poppenspäler, directed by Arthur Pohl
- 1968 – Pole Poppenspäler, directed by Günther Anders
- 1988 – Pole Poppenspäler, directed by Guy Kubli
References[]
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- ^ "Paul the Puppeteer, with The Village on the Moor and Renate". WorldCat. Retrieved 2016-04-24.
- ^ The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. 1999. p. 445.
External links[]
- Pole Poppenspäler at Projekt Gutenberg-DE (in German)
Categories:
- 1874 German novels
- German novellas
- German novels adapted into films
- German-language novels
- Novels by Theodor Storm