Emil and the Detectives
2001 · 1h 51m · N/A
Comedy, Family
Directed by
Franziska Buch
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Emil and the Detectives
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.
Director and cast
- Franziska Buch Director
- Tobias Retzlaff as Emil Tischbein
- Anja Sommavilla as Pony Hütchen
- Jürgen Vogel as Max Grundeis
- Maria Schrader as Pastorin Hummel
- Kai Wiesinger as Knut Tischbein
- Max Befort as Gypsi
- Maurice Kumar as Kebab
- Sergej Moya as Flügel
- David Klock as Gustav Hummel
- Grace Simon as Mutter Pony
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