Emil and the Detectives

2001 1h 51m DE

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6.4

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★6.4TMDB · 40

ComedyFamily

Synopsis

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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.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Tobias Retzlaff
Emil Tischbein
Anja Sommavilla
Pony Hütchen
Jürgen Vogel
Max Grundeis
Maria Schrader
Pastorin Hummel
Kai Wiesinger
Knut Tischbein
Max Befort
Gypsi
Maurice Kumar
Kebab
Sergej Moya
Flügel

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Franziska Buch
Writers: Franziska Buch
Languages: German
Countries: Germany

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ERA

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25 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Franziska Buch, shot by Hannes Hubach. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Patricia Rommel shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Tobias Retzlaff and Anja Sommavilla and Jürgen Vogel carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0256739 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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6 / 6

WILD

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Only 40 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Franziska Buch directs. Hannes Hubach behind the camera. Patricia Rommel cuts. Produced in Germany. Dialogue in German.

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125 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Directed by Franziska Buch, shot by Hannes Hubach. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Editor Patricia Rommel shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
4Tobias Retzlaff and Anja Sommavilla and Jürgen Vogel carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt0256739 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 40 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
7Classified under 9 themes, including "berlin, germany", "piggy bank", "stolen money", "thief".