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Emil and the Detectives
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Emil and the Detectives

2001-02-22 · 111 min · ★ 6.4

Comedy · Family

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.

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Directors
Franziska Buch
Production companies
ZDF, Bavaria Filmverleih- und Produktions GmbH, Lunaris Film, Odeon Film AG
Countries
Germany
Status
Released

Top Cast

Tobias RetzlaffTobias RetzlaffEmil Tischbein
Anja SommavillaPony Hütchen
Jürgen VogelJürgen VogelMax Grundeis
Maria SchraderPastorin Hummel
Kai WiesingerKai WiesingerKnut Tischbein
Max BefortMax BefortGypsi
Maurice KumarKebab
Sergej MoyaSergej MoyaFlügel
David KlockGustav Hummel
Tobias UnkaufDienstag
Thando WalbaumThando WalbaumHassouna
Rudolf KowalskiRudolf KowalskiLehrer Hummel
Martin FeifelMartin FeifelPaschke
Rufus BeckRufus BeckHotelportier
Oscar Ortega SánchezOscar Ortega SánchezBoban
Horst KotterbaHorst KotterbaVater Pony
Florian LukasFlorian LukasKellner
Ludwig TrepteLudwig TrepteSchüler
Elke Czischek
Lulu Grimm

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