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.
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Rolf Wenkhaus | ... | Emil Tischbein |
| Käthe Haack | ... | Frau Tischbein, Emils Mutter | |
| Fritz Rasp | ... | Grundeis | |
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Rudolf Biebrach | ... | Wachtmeister Jeschke |
| Olga Engl | ... | Großmama | |
| Inge Landgut | ... | Pony Hütchen | |
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Hans Joachim Schaufuß | ... | Gustav mit der Hupe (as Hans Schaufuß) |
| Hans Richter | ... | Fliegender Hirsch | |
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Hans Löhr | ... | Dienstag |
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Ernst-Eberhard Reling | ... | Gerold |
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Waldemar Kupczyk | ... | Mittenzwei |
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Martin Rickelt | ... | Bellboy (as Martin Baumann) |
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Gerhard Dammann | ||
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Rudolf Lettinger | ||
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Margarete Sachse | ||
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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.
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GermanyLanguage:
GermanRelease Date:
26 December 1931 (Sweden) See more »Also Known As:
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1.20 : 1
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In 1934 Erich Kästner released the sequel to the book "Emil und die Detektive", called "Emil und die drei Zwillinge" (Emil and the three twins), where Emil and some of his friends spend the holiday in the fictitious town Korlsbüttel at the Baltic Sea in the house that was inherited by the Professor. This movie was mentioned there a few times (The Professor wrote Emil: A few months ago, shortly after my heritage the Emil movie was filmed here in Berlin. I saw it. It is a bit strange when a realistic story suddenly becomes a movie. It is very similar but still very, very different). Also Emil and his friends sell tickets for this movie to help the acrobat trio "The three Byrons" (the title's' "three twins") to remain together. And later they even attend the premiere in Korlsbüttel and meet the cast of this movie. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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I was 10 years old when the 1964 version of Emil and the Detectives came out. I loved that movie. I even had a recording of the soundtrack that I played over and over again when I was alone.
Then, just last night, I happened to catch an interview with Billy Wilder on television. It mentioned his early work on an "Emil and the Detectives". Today I sit astounded that there is not just one other earlier version of the film, but three earlier adaptations and one newer one (that I have found out about).
I like to think that I am a minor film buff, but this discovery that this film exists goes to show that the vast treasure of film worldwide is to be saved and cherished.
I can hardly wait in the coming years to try and see all of the versions and compare the great and heartwarming story.