Emil and the Detectives

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

Franziska Buch

Writers

Franziska Buch, Erich Kästner

Language

German

Country

Germany

Release date

22 February 2001

Ensemble

Cast

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  Tobias Retzlaff

  Emil Tischbein

• Anja Sommavilla

  Pony Hütchen

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  Jürgen Vogel

  Max Grundeis

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  Maria Schrader

  Pastorin Hummel

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  Kai Wiesinger

  Knut Tischbein

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  Max Befort

  Gypsi

• Maurice Kumar

  Kebab

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  Sergej Moya

  Flügel

• David Klock

  Gustav Hummel

• Tobias Unkauf

  Dienstag

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  Thando Walbaum

  Hassouna

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  Rudolf Kowalski

  Lehrer Hummel