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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| Walter Slezak | ... | Baron | |
| Bryan Russell | ... | Emil Tischbein (as Bryan Russel) | |
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Roger Mobley | ... | Gustav |
| Heinz Schubert | ... | Grundeis | |
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Peter Ehrlich | ... | Müller |
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Cindy Cassell | ... | Pony (as Cindy Cassel) |
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Elsa Wagner | ... | Nana |
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Eva Ingeborg Scholz | ... | Frau Tischbein (as Eva-Ingeborg Scholz) |
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Wolfgang Völz | ... | Wachtmeister Stucke |
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Franz Nicklisch | ... | Desk Sergeant |
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Brian Richardson | ... | Professor |
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Robert Swann | ... | Hermann |
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David Petrychka | ... | Dienstag |
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Ann Noland | ... | Frieda |
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Ron Johnson | ... | Rudolf |
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When Emil travels by bus to Berlin to visit his grandmother and his cousin, his money is stolen by a crook who specializes in digging tunnels. Emil must get the money back as it is for his grandmother. While following the thief, Emil runs into Gustav, an enterprising young boy who gathers up all his friends to help Emil find the money. Emil's cousin also gets involved and they get into more trouble than they bargained for when Emil's pickpocket turns out to be mixed up with a couple of notorious bank robbers. Written by April M. Cheek <Aravis2713@aol.com>
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18 December 1964 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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The 300 marks Emil is taking to his grandmother would equate to about $75 at the time, or about $622 in 2019. See more »Goofs
When Gustav phones Dienstag, Dienstag's sister Frieda, who Dienstag has locked out of the room, is reaching in through a window and has picked the handset off the ringing phone when Dienstag seizes her hand at 0:38:05, but an insert shot at 0:38:07 shows the handset is still setting on the phone which is still ringing. See more »Quotes
Pony: That's not fair. Just because you can't find a crook, that doesn't mean there isn't one.See more »
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