Emil and the Detectives

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Emil and the Detectives

1954

1h 34m

7.6(11 votes)

Family

Comedy

Crime

Adventure

Overview

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.

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17 members

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Peter Finkbeiner

Emil Tischbein

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Heli Finkenzeller

Frau Tischbein

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Wolfgang Lukschy

Oberwachmeister Jeschke

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Kurt Meisel

Grundeis

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Ruth Nimbach

Anni Wandel

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Margarete Haagen

Oma Tischbein

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Camilla Spira

Emils Tante

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Hans Dieter Zeidler

Emils Onkel

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Walter Gross

Straßenbahnschaffner

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Ernst Waldow

Kurgast

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Gerd Frickhöffer

Festredner

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Wolfgang Condrus

Gustav mit der Hupe

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Marina Ried

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Axel Monjé

Der Herr vom Kriminalamt

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Roland Kaiser

Der kleine Dienstag

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Günter Pfitzmann

Lehrer

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Claudia Schäfer

Ponny Hütchen

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