Want to watch 'Emil and the Detectives' at home? We’ve rounded up ways to watch including rental, purchase, and subscription options, so you can start watching sooner. Right now in the US, 'Emil and the Detectives' is available to rent, buy, or stream with a subscription on myfilmfriend.
Here are a few important points to remember about the ZDF, Bavaria Filmverleih- und Produktions GmbH, Lunaris Film, Odeon Film AG comedy flick. Emil and the Detectives starring Tobias Retzlaff, Anja Sommavilla, Jürgen Vogel, Maria Schrader has a Not Rated rating, a runtime of about 1 hr 51 min. The movie received a user score of 64/100 on TMDb, which was calculated from reviews from 40 verified users.
Want the short version of the plot? Here's the plot: "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."
