Kaspar introduces himself and speaks to the children. The Star Princess (Sternenprinzessin) reproaches him for having made her wait. She wants to go back to the King, her father, and Kaspar has to follow her to their castle in the sky. A Policeman and a Peasant complain about the disorder and the noise caused by Kaspar. The Princess defends Kaspar, rejects the Chinese suitor that her father had offered her and asks to marry Kaspar instead. At the castle, where he now lives with his wife and their baby, Kaspar is unhappy because his favourite meals are not served there. When the grandmother arrives, everyone rejoices, as all the problems will be solved thanks to her.

Glove-puppet

Young audiences

Thelemann Dora

Germany

Printed

Cosmic journey

Crown

Wedding

Love

Star

Future

Utopia

Homesickness

Milky Way

Plane

Noise

Fantasy

Comical

Grethe Jürgens, illustration for La Princesse des Étoiles et la grand-mère de Kaspar

German

Kasperl

Peasant (man)

Chinese

Grandmother

Baby

Play in verse

Domestic scene

Der Kaspar und die Sternenprinzessin

Kaspar and the Star Princess

Anatole wants to save Fric, who was mistakenly sent into space. They visit the Moon, Venus, the planet of Dame Tartine (Lady Toast), and that of the Père Noël (Father Christmas). Their trip ends in the pot of the Peaux-Rouges (Redskins), but a clever idea from the Chat Tempête (Storm Cat) saves them.

String marionette

Blin André

France

Montrouge

Typed or electronic text with handwritten annotations

Astronaut

Telescope

Comet

Rescue

Cannibalism

Helicopter

Red Indian

Christmas

Company Les P'tits Bonshommes d'André Blin (André Blin’s Little Men), Les Aventuriers du ciel, 1955.