Thalbach, Katharina 1954-

Die Blechtrommel The tin drum ( Visual )
8 editions published between 1979 and 2007 in German and held by 839 libraries worldwide
"Danzig, 1924. Oskar Matzerath is born with an intellect beyond his infancy. As he witnesses the hypocrisy of adulthood and the irresponsibility of society, Oskar rejects both, and, on his third birthday, refuses to grow. Caught in a baffling state of perpetual childhood, Oskar lashes out at all he surveys with piercing screams and frantic poundings on his tin drum, while the unheeding, chaotic world marches onward to the madness and folly of World War II." -- Container.

God afton, herr Wallenberg en passionshistoria från verkligheten = Good evening Mr. Wallenberg, a passion taken from reality ( Visual )
8 editions published between 1990 and 2003 in Swedish and held by 323 libraries worldwide
"The story of Swedish businessman Raoul Wallenberg who helped Jews in Budapest, Hungary in 1944 obtain Swedish passports to get them out of Adolph Eichmann's deadly path. He saved over 60,000 people in Budapest's Jewish ghetto" -- Container.

Strike ( Visual )
4 editions published between 2007 and 2009 in German and Polish and held by 290 libraries worldwide
"An illiterate single mother, Agnieszka Kowalska is a Socialist "heroine of labor" for working long hours as a shipyard welder ... until her superiors deny compensation to the widows of 21 workers killed in an industrial disaster. Risking her job, her life, and the love of her son to defy the bureacracy, Agnieszka inspires the largest labor strike in world history ... and becomes a national hero."--Container.

Die Blechtrommel The tin drum ( Visual )
11 editions published between 1979 and 2010 in German and held by 138 libraries worldwide
Feature chronicles Danzig in the 1920s/1930s and the life and times of Oskar Matzerath the son of a local dealer, a most unusual boy. Equipped with full intellect right from his birth he decides at his third birthday not to grow up as he sees the crazy world around him at the eve of World War II. So he refuses the society and his tin drum symbolizes his protest against the middle-class mentality of his family and neighborhood, which stand for all passive people in Nazi Germany at that time.

Wer durch mein Leben will, muss durch mein Zimmer : Gedichte aus dem Nachlass by Thomas Brasch ( Book )
6 editions published between 2002 and 2003 in German and held by 127 libraries worldwide

Kaspar Hauser Verbrechen am Seelenleben eines Menschen ( Visual )
5 editions published between 1993 and 2007 in German and Undetermined and held by 125 libraries worldwide
The bizarre story of an elaborate plot to control the lineage of the throne of the Duchy of Baden. The scheming countess Hochberg conspires to kidnap the rightful heir, Kaspar Hauser, and replace him with a changeling.

Sonnenallee ( Visual )
2 editions published between 2002 and 2009 in German and held by 90 libraries worldwide

Das zweite Erwachen der Christa Klages The second awakening of Christa Klages ( Visual )
2 editions published between 1997 and 2005 in German and held by 81 libraries worldwide
Christa Klages is a young mother distraught at the prospect that her day care center is running out of money. With her lover, Werner, and another friend, she robs a bank. The friend is captured and Werner is killed while eluding the police, so Christa flees with her friend, Ingrid, who helps Christa escape to Portugal.

Das zweite Erwachen der Christa Klages The second awakening of Christina Klages ( Visual )
4 editions published between 1977 and 2005 in German and held by 77 libraries worldwide
"Margarethe Von Trotta's first solo effort is an intense political drama that embraces the theme of closeness between women."--Container.

Sonnenallee ( Visual )
2 editions published between 2002 and 2004 in German and held by 72 libraries worldwide
Set in the 1970s, this comedy chronicles the antics of a group of kids from East Berlin that grow up in the shadow of one of the few crossing stations to the West.