Emil and the Detectives

Emil and the Detectives

111 mins | Comedy, Family | Feb. 22, 2001

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.

Emil and the Detectives

111 mins | Comedy, Family | Feb. 22, 2001

Emil and the Detectives
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.
IMDb rating 6.0
Producers Lunaris Film, ZDF, Bavaria Filmverleih- und Produktions GmbH, Odeon Film AG
Original title Emil und die Detektive
Directors Franziska Buch
Writers Franziska Buch, Erich Kästner

Cast

Tobias Retzlaff

as Emil Tischbein

Anja Sommavilla

as Pony Hütchen

Jürgen Vogel

as Max Grundeis

Maria Schrader

as Pastorin Hummel

Kai Wiesinger

as Knut Tischbein

Max Befort

as Gypsi

Maurice Kumar

as Kebab

Sergej Moya

as Flügel

David Klock

as Gustav Hummel

Tobias Unkauf

as Dienstag

Thando Walbaum

as Hassouna

Rudolf Kowalski

as Lehrer Hummel

Martin Feifel

as Paschke

Rufus Beck

as Hotelportier

Horst Kotterba

as Vater Pony

Florian Lukas

as Kellner

Ludwig Trepte

as Schüler