Emil And The Detectives

– The twelve-year-old Emil and his father are haunted by bad luck. To take a break from a series of fa..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.00 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 51 Minutes
Release Year:
2001
Original Name:
Emil und die Detektive
Emil and the Detectives (2001) - Also known as Emil und die Detektive

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.

Producing Country:
Filming Locations:
Release Date:

22 Feb 2001

Language:

German

Director:

Franziska Buch

Writer:

Erich Kästner (novel), Franziska Buch (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Tobias Retzlaff, Anja Sommavilla, Jürgen Vogel, Maria Schrader

Plot:

Emil goes to Berlin to see his grandmother with a large amount of money and is offered sweets by a strange man that make him sleep. He wakes up at his stop with no money. It is up to him and a group of children to save the day.

Awards:

2 wins.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.0/10