Salapoliisit

Original title: Emil and the Detectives

19641964
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1h 39m

IMDb RATING

6.2/10

736

YOUR RATING

Comedy Crime Drama

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... Read allEmil 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.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.

IMDb RATING

6.2/10

736

YOUR RATING

Director
- Peter Tewksbury
Writers
- AJ Carothers(screenplay by)
- Erich Kästner(based on the novel by)
Stars

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AJ Carothers, Cindy Cassell, Erich Kästner, Roger Mobley, Bryan Russell, Walter Slezak, and Peter Tewksbury in Salapoliisit (1964)

Trivia
Billy Wilder apparently contributed to the screenplay.

Goofs
The seats are numbered on the bus Emil takes from Neustadt to Berlin. At 0:04:38 the number 13 is on the back of Emil's seat. At 0:04:54 the number 1 is on the toddler's seat in front of Emil. At 0:05:13 the numbers 1 and 2 are on the empty window seat immediately behind the driver and the aisle seat to its right where August Grundeis is initially seated. Apparently, the toddler's side of its interaction with Emil were shot in the front of the bus.

Quotes
Gustav: What are you looking at?
Pony: Nothing. Nothing at all.

Connections
Edited into Disneyland: Emil and the Detectives: Part 1 (1966)

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Review

Featured review

9/10

A Gem from Childhood

First saw this in a movie theater when I was 11 years old and just saw it again this week on Turner Classic Movies. It made a big impression on me when I was a kid and I'm pleased the experience stood up. Understand that this is completely a kids movie. The characters are very broad and actually quite cartoonish (though the same could be said for Quentin Tarantino movies). Gender stereotypes are consistent with the period. The plot is wildly implausible, like many children's books, but who cares?

So what did I like about it so much? All the main actors had charisma to spare and the minor actors were quirky and more than a little unusual. Bryan Russell and Walter Slezak are particular favorites. Though I hardly understood World War II as a child I now appreciate seeing Berlin less than 20 years after that war ended. And the attitudes towards Germany at this time. The photography is vividly colorful and flattering to Berlin. The bouncy score is happy-making and infectious. Mostly, I loved the sense of ebullient, delirious adventure and camaraderie among the detectives. Really echoes my idea of the limitless adventure of childhood at its best. Bravo!

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