Emil and the Detectives (2001)

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  • 02/22/2001 (DE)
  • Comedy, Family
  • 1h 51m

Overview

The twelve-year-old Emil and his father are haunted by bad luck. To take a break from a series of family disasters, Emil is allowed to spend a few days with a friend of the family, the female priest Hummel in Berlin. In the train he runs across the slick Max Grundeis who anaesthetizes Emil and steals his savings of 1500 DM. When he finally arrives in Berlin, Emil and a gang of street kids, led by the cheeky girl Pony Hütchen, try to find the gangster, who haunts the posh Hotel Adlon as a hotel thief. Meanwhile, to prevent anyone from finding out about Emil's mishap, Gypsi, a member of the gang of kids, passes himself off as Emil, thus wreaking havoc on the home of the priest.

Franziska Buch

Screenplay, Director

Erich Kästner

Novel

Cast

Tobias Retzlaff's headshot

Tobias Retzlaff

Emil Tischbein
Anja Sommavilla's headshot

Anja Sommavilla

Pony Hütchen
Jürgen Vogel's headshot

Jürgen Vogel

Max Grundeis
Maria Schrader's headshot

Maria Schrader

Pastorin Hummel
Kai Wiesinger's headshot

Kai Wiesinger

Knut Tischbein
Max Befort's headshot

Max Befort

Gypsi
Maurice Kumar's headshot

Maurice Kumar

Kebab
Sergej Moya's headshot

Sergej Moya

Flügel

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