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 | film lit. theatre cardboard {adj} [attr.] [of a fictional character: lacking depth] | 33 flach [pej.] [Roman- oder Filmfigur: oberflächlich (gezeichnet)] |  |
 | espionage {adj} [attr.] [e.g. activities, mission, network, novel] | 21 Spionage- [z. B. Aktivitäten, Mission, Netzwerk, Roman] |  |
 | epistolary {adj} [e.g. form, correspondence, style, novel] | 13 Brief- [z. B. Form, Wechsel, Stil, Roman] |  |
 | spy {adj} [attr.] [e.g. film, novel, plane, ring, satellite] | 10 Spionage- [z. B. Film, Roman, Flugzeug, Ring, Satellit] |  |
 | adapted from {prep} [e.g. a film adapted from a novel by ...] | nach [+Dat.] [z. B. ein Film nach einem Roman von ...] |  |
 | novelistic {adj} [like a novel] | romanhaft [wie in einem Roman] |  |
Verbs |
 | to revise sth. [e.g. a manuscript, an article, a novel] | 5554 etw.Akk. überarbeiten [und verbessern] [z. B. ein Manuskript, einen Artikel, einen Roman] |  |
 | lit. to adapt sth. [e.g. a novel for the stage or screen] | 501 etw.Akk. bearbeiten [z. B. einen Roman für die Bühne oder den Film] |  |
 | to pummel sth. [fig.] [novel, film etc.] | 142 etw.Akk. vernichten [fig.] [Roman, Film etc.] [durch Kritiken verreißen] |  |
 | film lit. theatre to be set [somewhere] [scene of film or play, novel, etc.] | [irgendwo] spielen [Film- oder Theaterszene, Roman etc.] |  |
Nouns |
 | film lit. figure [personality, character in a novel etc.] | 816 Gestalt {f} [Person, Persönlichkeit, Figur in einem Roman etc.] |  |
 | film [film based on a novel] | 119 Literaturverfilmung {f} [Film, der auf einem Roman basiert] |  |
 | lit. novel | 33 Prosawerk {n} [Roman] |  |
 | comics film lit. fantasy | 22 Fantasy {f} [Comic-, Roman-, Filmgattung] |  |
 | lit. personage [character in a play, novel] | 14 Figur {f} [in einem Roman, Stück] |  |
 | lit. theatre structure [drama, novel] | 6 Anlage {f} [Drama, Roman] |  |
 | shocker [coll.] [book / film] | 5 Schocker {m} [ugs.] [Roman / Film] |  |
 | comics lit. graphic novel | Bilderroman {m} [Roman in Cartoonform] |  |
 | lit. first novel | Erstling {m} [erster Roman] |  |
 | lit. debut novel | Erstlingswerk {n} [Roman] |  |
 | lit. horror novel | Horrorschocker {m} [ugs.] [Roman] |  |
 | quote [pensioner democracy, political slogan (2008) by Roman Herzog, former president of Germany] | Rentnerdemokratie {f} [Roman Herzog] |  |
 | hist. lit. chivalric romance [genre, medieval literature] | Ritterdichtung {f} [höfischer Roman] |  |
 | film lit. theatre abrupt change in style | Stilbruch {m} [in Roman, Film usw.] |  |
2 Words: Others |
 | based on {prep} | angelehnt an [+Akk.] [beruhend auf, z. B. Roman] |  |
 | sth. is about sth. [e.g. The novel is about ...] | etw. handelt von etw.Dat. [z. B. Der Roman handelt von ...] |  |
 | comics film lit. science-fictional {adj} | Science-Fiction- <Sci-Fi, SciFi, SF> [z. B. SF-Roman, Sci-Fi-Roman] |  |
2 Words: Verbs |
 | to write (sth.) about it | (etw.Akk.) darüber schreiben [Bericht, Roman etc.] |  |
 | to re-engage sb. | jdn. wieder fesseln [durch Roman, usw.] |  |
2 Words: Nouns |
 | lit. key work | zentrales Werk {n} [Roman] |  |
4 Words: Verbs |
 | lit. to novelize sth. | das Buch zu etw. schreiben [z. B. einen Roman zu einer Filmvorlage] |  |
4 Words: Nouns |
 | pol. jolt through the society | Ruck {m} durch die Gesellschaft [Roman Herzog] [1997 Wort des Jahres, 2. Platz] |  |
Fiction (Literature and Film) |
 | film lit. F Forward, Gunner Asch! / Gunner Asch Goes to War | 08/15 im Krieg [Roman: Hans Hellmut Kirst; Film: Paul May] |  |
 | lit. F Confessions of Felix Krull, Confidence Man: The Early Years | Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull. Der Memoiren erster Teil [Roman: Thomas Mann] |  |
 | film lit. F Perfume: The Story of a Murderer [film: Tom Tykwer] | Das Parfum – Die Geschichte eines Mörders [Roman: Patrick Süskind] |  |
 | film lit. F The Slurb | Das Sams [Roman: Paul Maar; Film: Ben Verbong] |  |
 | lit. F The Judge and His Hangman | Der Richter und sein Henker [Roman: Friedrich Dürrenmatt] |  |
 | film lit. F The Treasure of the Sierra Madre [novel: B. Traven, film: John Huston] | Der Schatz der Sierra Madre [Roman: B. Traven] |  |
 | lit. F The Swarm | Der Schwarm [Roman: Frank Schätzing] |  |
 | lit. mus. F The Gambler [novel: Fyodor Dostoevsky; opera: Sergei Prokofiev] | Der Spieler [Roman: Fjodor Dostojewski; Oper: Sergei Prokofjew] |  |
 | film lit. F The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of | Der Stoff(,) aus dem die Träume sind [Roman: Johannes Mario Simmel; Film: Alfred Vohrer] |  |
 | film lit. F The Case of Sergeant Grischa | Der Streit um den Sergeanten Grischa [Roman: Arnold Zweig, Film: Herbert Brenon] |  |
 | lit. F Suspicion | Der Verdacht [Roman: Friedrich Dürrenmatt] |  |
 | lit. F The Quarry | Der Verdacht [Roman: Friedrich Dürrenmatt] |  |
 | film lit. F The Reader [film: Stephen Daldry] | Der Vorleser [Roman: Bernhard Schlink] |  |
 | lit. F The Road Back | Der Weg zurück [Erich Maria Remarque; Roman] |  |
 | lit. F (The) German Lesson | Deutschstunde [Roman: Siegfried Lenz] |  |
 | film lit. F The Tin Drum | Die Blechtrommel [Roman: Günter Grass; Film: Volker Schlöndorff] |  |
 | film lit. F The Bridge | Die Brücke [Roman: Manfred Gregor, Film: Bernhard Wicki] |  |
 | film lit. F The Loneliness of the Crocodiles | Die Einsamkeit der Krokodile [Roman: Dirk Kurbjuweit; Film: Jobst Oetzmann] |  |
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