Timm Thaler (novel)
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Timm Thaler oder Das verkaufte Lachen (roughly translated as Timm Thaler, or the Traded Laughter and best known as simply Timm Thaler) is a 1962 children's novel by famed German author James Krüss
. Regarded by the Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature as Krüss' best known children's book, Timm Thaler tells the story of a boy who trades his enchanting laughter to a wealthy Baron in exchange for the ability to win any bet he makes and, after regretting the exchange, his four year journey to win his laughter back. In 1979, Krüss followed up with the sequel novel Timm Thalers Puppen oder Die verkaufte Menschenliebe (roughly translated as Timm Thaler's Puppets, or the Traded Love for Mankind).
The popular story was subsequently adapted into a 13-part German children's television miniseries in 1979, and again, as a 2-part Russian musical television movie in 1981. The story was later re-adapted into an animated German television series in 2002.
James Krüss
James Krüss was a German poet and writer.James Jacob Hinrich Krüss was born as the son of the electrician Ludwig Krüss and his wife Margaretha Krüss on Heligoland. In 1941, during World War II, the inhabitants of the island were evacuated to Arnstadt, Thuringia, later to Hertigswalde, near...
. Regarded by the Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature as Krüss' best known children's book, Timm Thaler tells the story of a boy who trades his enchanting laughter to a wealthy Baron in exchange for the ability to win any bet he makes and, after regretting the exchange, his four year journey to win his laughter back. In 1979, Krüss followed up with the sequel novel Timm Thalers Puppen oder Die verkaufte Menschenliebe (roughly translated as Timm Thaler's Puppets, or the Traded Love for Mankind).
The popular story was subsequently adapted into a 13-part German children's television miniseries in 1979, and again, as a 2-part Russian musical television movie in 1981. The story was later re-adapted into an animated German television series in 2002.
See also
- Timm Thaler (1979 TV miniseries) (English)
- Timm Thaler (1981 TV movie) (Russian)
- Timm Thaler (2002 animated series) (German)