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Reiner Strecker | |
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| Born | Reiner Strecker 25 October 1965 |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, director |
| Years active | 1985–present |
Rainer Strecker (born 25 October 1965) is a Germans actor.
Strecker trained as an actor at the Otto-Falckenberg-Schule in Munich.
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1985 | Westler | Thomas | |
| 1988 | Linie 1 | Kleister | |
| 1996 | Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei | Ingo Fischer | TV series, episode 1 and 2 |
| 2003 | They've Got Knut | Michael |
Rainer Strecker spricht die Hörbuchreihe der Tintenwelt, sowie die Reckless Spiegelwelt Reihe, von Cornelia Funke. Des Weiteren liest er das Hörbuch Drachenreiter, ebenfalls von Cornelia Funke und andere Kinderbücher von unterschiedlichen Autoren.
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2016 | Keinort.Finsternis [1] | Kleist | Director: Anne Schneider |
| 2015 | Die Sterntaler after the story by Brothers Grimm [2] | Various roles | Director: Nina Kupczyk |
| 2008 | Tintentod by Cornelia Funke [3] | Orpheus | Director: Heidelinde Leutgöb |
| 1997 | Beijing Lan [4] | Director: Martin Gruber (choreographer) | |
Inkheart is a 2003 young adult fantasy novel by Cornelia Funke, and the first book of the Inkheart series, which was continued with Inkspell (2005) and Inkdeath (2007). The novel won the 2004 BookSense Book of the Year Award for Children's Literature. Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association listed the book as one of its "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children".
Cornelia Maria Funke is a German author of children's fiction. Born in Dorsten, North Rhine-Westphalia, she began her career as a social worker before becoming a book illustrator. She began writing novels in the late 1980s and focused primarily on fantasy-oriented stories that depict the lives of children faced with adversity. Funke has since become Germany's "best-selling author for children". Her work has been translated into several languages and, as of 2012, Funke has sold over 20 million copies of her books worldwide.
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The Inkheartseries is a succession of four fantasy novels written by German author Cornelia Funke, comprising Inkheart (2003), Inkspell (2005), Inkdeath (2007), and The Colour of Revenge (2023). The books chronicle the adventures of teen Meggie Folchart whose life changes dramatically when she realizes that she and her father, a bookbinder named Mo, have the unusual ability to bring characters from books into the real world when reading aloud. Mostly set in Northern Italy and the parallel world of the fictional Inkheart book, the central story arc concerns the magic of books, their characters and creatures, and the art of reading.
Inkheart is a 2008 fantasy adventure film directed by Iain Softley, produced by Cornelia Funke, Dylan Cuva, Sarah Wang, Ute Leonhardt, Toby Emmerich, Mark Ordesky, Ileen Maisel and Andrew Licht, written by David Lindsay-Abaire, music composed by Javier Navarrete and starring Brendan Fraser, Paul Bettany, Helen Mirren, Jim Broadbent, Andy Serkis, and Eliza Bennett. It is based on Cornelia Funke's 2003 novel of the same name.
Schott Music is one of the oldest German music publishers. It is also one of the largest music publishing houses in Europe, and is the second oldest music publisher after Breitkopf & Härtel. The company headquarters of Schott Music were founded by Bernhard Schott in Mainz in 1770.
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Events in the year 1933 in Germany.
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Dragon Rider, also known as Firedrake the Silver Dragon by Netflix, is a 2020 3D computer-animated fantasy film; while officially based on the 1997 novel of the same name by Cornelia Funke, the film takes influence from the How to Train Your Dragon series by Cressida Cowell, with its visuals and marketing based on that of the DreamWorks franchise. The film was due to be released in theatres on 6 August 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the film release was postponed until 1 October 2020.
Fabian Funke is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since the 2021 elections, representing the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district.
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