Family ·Comedy ·Crime ·Adventure · Germany · 1954 · 1h 34m

Emil and the Detectives

Emil und die Detektive

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Director
Robert A. Stemmle
Cast
Peter Finkbeiner as Emil Tischbein Heli Finkenzeller as Frau Tischbein Wolfgang Lukschy as Oberwachmeister Jeschke Kurt Meisel as Grundeis Ruth Nimbach as Anni Wandel Margarete Haagen as Oma Tischbein
Crew
Kurt Schulz — Director of Photography Hermann Leitner — Editor Georg Haentzschel — Original Music Composer Billy Wilder — Screenplay Robert A. Stemmle — Screenplay Erich Kästner — Novel
Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
remake
Key Collaborators
Robert A. Stemmle Director Kurt Schulz Director of Photography Hermann Leitner Editor Georg Haentzschel Original Music Composer Billy Wilder Screenplay Robert A. Stemmle Screenplay Erich Kästner Novel
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