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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.
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ZDF, Bavaria Filmverleih- und Produktions GmbH, Lunaris Film, Odeon Film AG
Original Title
Emil und die Detektive
Original Language
German
Cast
Full credits →T
Tobias Retzlaff
Emil Tischbein
A
Anja Sommavilla
Pony Hütchen
J
Jürgen Vogel
Max Grundeis
M
Maria Schrader
Pastorin Hummel
K
Kai Wiesinger
Knut Tischbein
M
Max Befort
Gypsi
S
Sergej Moya
Flügel
T
Tobias Unkauf
Dienstag
T
Thando Walbaum
Hassouna
R
Rudolf Kowalski
Lehrer Hummel
M
Martin Feifel
Paschke
R
Rufus Beck
Hotelportier
O
Oscar Ortega Sánchez
Boban
H
Horst Kotterba
Vater Pony
F
Florian Lukas
Kellner
L
Ludwig Trepte
Schüler
E
Elke Czischek
G
Gode Benedix
T
Thomas Bestvater
C
Cathlen Gawlich
