Emil has all his savings stolen by an obscure villain on his journey to Berlin. Together with a group of children whom he has helped in his desperate SucEmil and the Detectives.
Emil and the Detectives: With the help of a gang of children, Emil tries to catch the thief of his savings. Modern update of Erich Kästner’s classic children’s book with a prominent cast.
Plot and background
Emil has all his savings stolen by an obscure villain on his journey to Berlin. Together with a group of children he meets during his desperate search for the villain, Emil gets his money back. But first they have to survive a few adventures in the melting pot that is Berlin.
With his single father in hospital after a car accident, 12-year-old Emil Tischbein is sent from the East German province to Berlin. There he is to spend two weeks of his holidays with Pastor Hummel and her son. On the train, the shady crook Max Grundeis steals all his savings. Emil takes up the chase and meets Pony Hütchen, the boss of a Berlin gang of children. She decides without further ado to help the boy…
Twelve-year-old Emil Tischbein is to spend two holiday weeks in Berlin with Pastor Hummel and her son Gustav. During the journey, his savings are stolen by the crook Max Grundeis, but with the support of Gustav and the child gang leader Pony Hütchen, he takes up the pursuit of the villain. Fourth film adaptation of the famous Kästner novel, in which director Franziska Buch moves the action to the present and dispenses with ideal family worlds.
he gets to know the villain, Emil gets his money back. But first they have to survive a few adventures in the melting pot of Berlin.
With his single father in hospital after a car accident, 12-year-old Emil Tischbein is sent from the East German province to Berlin. There he is to spend two weeks of his holidays with Pastor Hummel and her son. On the train, the shady crook Max Grundeis steals all his savings. Emil takes up the chase and meets Pony Hütchen, the boss of a Berlin gang of children. She decides without further ado to help the boy…
