- Films
- 22
- Avg rating
- 6.63
- Peak run
- 1943’98
- 7+ run
- 3 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As a writer, films with 1,000+ votes
Erich by the numbers
Average
6.63
10 rated films
Vote weighted
6.62
bigger films count more
Median
6.9
half are better
Consistency
±0.75
rating spread
Career
96y
1931 to 2026
Total votes
231K
across every film
Best
7.2
The Parent Trap
Worst
4.9
Animals United
Newest first
Filmography
| 2026 | Emil und die Detektive | · | 33 |
| 2023 | The Flying Classroom | · | 271 |
| 2021 | Fabian: Going to the Dogs | 7.1 | 2,751 |
| 2010 | Animals United | 4.9 | 7,420 |
| 2003 | The Flying Classroom | 6.3 | 1,580 |
| 2001 | Emil and the Detectives | 6.0 | 1,435 |
| 1999 | Annaluise & Anton | 7.0 | 1,137 |
| 1998 |  The Parent Trap | 6.7 | 177K |
| 1996 | The Double Lottie | 6.6 | 2,021 |
| 1994 | Charlie & Louise - Das doppelte Lottchen | · | 768 |
| 1973 | The Flying Classroom | · | 859 |
| 1969 | Animals United | · | 253 |
| 1964 | Emil and the Detectives | · | 955 |
| 1961 |  The Parent Trap | 7.2 | 26,741 |
| 1955 | Three Men in the Snow | 7.5 | 1,157 |
| 1954 | Emil und die Detektive | · | 389 |
| 1954 | Flying Classroom | · | 759 |
| 1953 | Punktchen and Anton | · | 277 |
| 1950 | Das doppelte Lottchen | · | 682 |
| 1943 | The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | 7.0 | 2,428 |
Better together?
Erich Kästner's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
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