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Anton Cechov & Tatjana Hauptmann (Ill.) 's books, Classics 160 pages 14.3 × 21.3 cm October 2004 Published by as Kaschtanka

Original title: Kastanka World rights are handled by Diogenes (except text rights)

Movie adaptations

2010: 's Director: Dover Koshashvili Screenplay: Mary Bing Cast: Andrew Scott, Fiona Glascott,

1994: Director: Cast: Wallace Shawn, , Lynn Cohen,

1988: Paura e amore Director: Margarethe von Trotta Cast: Fanny Ardant, , Valeria Golino

1987: Oci ciornie Director: Nikita Michalkow Cast: , Silvana Mangano,

1987: Dark Eyes Director: Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Silvana Mangano, Marthe Keller, Elena Sofonova

1984: Der Weidenbaum Director: Sohrab Saless Cast: Josef Stehlik, Peter Stanik

1978: The Shouting Party Director: Cast: Galina Belyayeva, Oleg Yankovsky

1977: Neokonchennaya pyesa dlya mekhanicheskogo pianino »The twilight of evening. Big flakes of wet snow are whirling lazily Director: Nikita Mikhalkov about the street lamps, which have just been lighted, and lying in a Cast: Aleksandr Kalyagin, Yelena Solovey thin soft layer on roofs, horses' backs, shoulders, caps. Iona Potapov, the sledge-driver, is all white like a . He sits on the box without 1971: Djadja Wanja stirring, bent as double as the living body can be bent.« Director: Andrej Michalkow-Kontschalowski Thus begins the story of a sledge-driver and his horse. The story Cast: Innokenti Smoktunowski, Serjej referred to in the title is about the dachshund Kashtanka who, having Bondartchuk lost his master, discovers the colourful world of the circus. , a tubby little boy, goes walking out on the boulevard with his nurse for 1970: the first time in his life. And when Major-General Buldeeff is suffering Director: from toothache, everyone searches desperately for a »horsey name.« Cast: Jeanne Watts, , Louise Purnell, , Chekhov's stories have been referred to as a fin de siècle encyclopaedia of Russian life. They are the illustrated newspaper of his times, based on Chekhov's observations of everything and 1968: Director: everyone: the middle classes, officials, the aristocracy – but animals Cast: , James Mason, too, and miracle-workers and, last but not least, children. Simone Signoret

1968: The Seagull Director: Sidney Lumet

1 / 3 Photo: © Andrea Diglas Photo: Archiv Diogenes Verlag Award‹, category›bestbookever‹. numerous awards,includingin2018the37th›Premio Andersen books, includingADayintheLifeofPetronellaPig, whichreceived Zurich. Sheistheauthorandillustratorofnumerouschildren’s Tatjana Hauptmannwasbornin1950Wiesbadenand livesnear world-famous writerandtravelledtheworld. life, heattendedtopeopleinhiscapacityasadoctor,became the localnewspaperandwasthusabletosupporthisfamily.Laterin start makinghisownmoney:hecreatedstoriesthatwereprintedin family shopbeforegoingtoschool.Anton,however,wassoon bed atfiveo'clockinthemorningandwereexpectedtowork who wasastrictdisciplinarian.Thechildrenweremadetogetoutof Anton Chekhov(1860-1904)grewupinapoorfamilywithfather Das DramaaufderJagd Cast: LindaDarnell,GeorgeSanders Director: DouglasSirk 1944: SummerStorm Cast: IjaSawwina,AlexejBatalow Director: JossifChejfiz 1960: Damaosobatschkoj Cast: DanieleSpallone,MarinaVlady Director: AlbertoLattuada 1961: Lasteppa Cast: NicoleGueden,ChristianMarin Director: MauriceFasquel 1962: Lecontrebasse alike.« –AntonChekhov are easilyreadbychildrenandgrown-ups child. Andersen,TheFrigatePallada andGogol remedy forthepatientmerelybecause heisa consistent thantryingtoinventa special suitable doses–thatismoredirect and select amongdrugs,andtoadminister themin adults, thatistosay,oneshouldbeable how tochoosefromwhathasbeenwrittenfor written forchildren,butoneoughttoknow suitable forgrown-ups.Booksshouldnotbe »Children oughtonlytobegivenwhatisalso to.« –VladimirNabokov Chekhov's worldisatreasureworthholdingon Chekhov's worksasoftenpossible; »I wholeheartedlyrecommenddivinginto Kashtanka Praise 2002 2018 1978 1978 1982 1982 1983 Awards Movieadaptations(cont'd) Jugendliteratur e.V.inVolkachfür Deutschen AkademiefürKinder-und und HuckleberryFinnwurdevonder Ausgabe DieAbenteuervonTomSawyer Die vonTatjanaHauptmannillustrierte für EinTagimLebenderDorotheaWutz (Bestes jemalsausgezeichnetesBuch) Kategorie ›MigliorLibroMaiPremiato‹ 37. ›PremioAndersen‹-Preisinder Tag imLebenderDorotheaWutz ›Premio Critici‹inErba,BolognafürEin Innern Schweizer BücherdesDepartements Jahres‹ imWettbewerbderschönsten ›schönstes SchweizerKinderbuchdes Ein TagimLebenderDorotheaWutzist Wutz istwiederda! Dorothea WutzundHurra,Eberhard Leipzig fürEinTagimLebender internationalen Buchkunstausstellung ›DDR-Preis‹. Ehrendiplomder originally pictures‹fürAdelheidSchleim ›International Childrenbooksof An der17.TokioterAusstellung Stiftung BaselfürihrGesamtwerk ›Jacob-Burckhardt-Preis‹ derGoethe- gewählt Oktober zum›BuchdesMonats‹ 2 / 3 Praise (cont'd)

Anton Cechov

»I wholeheartedly recommend diving into Chekhov's works as often as possible; Chekhov's world is a treasure worth holding on to.« –

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