Directed by:
Gerhard LamprechtScreenplay:
Billy WilderCinematography:
Werner BrandesComposer:
Allan GrayCast:
Rolf Wenkhaus, Käthe Haack, Fritz Rasp, Rudolf Biebrach, Olga Engl, Inge Landgut, Hans Joachim Schaufuß, Hans Richter, Hans Löhr, Gerhard Dammann (more)Plots(1)
Emil Tischbein is a boy living with his mother, who works as a hairdresser from home so that Emil can go to grammar school. Emil is invited to visit his aunt and grandmother in Berlin for the holidays. His mother gives him 140 marks to give to his grandmother. That's a lot of money, so Emil puts the envelope full of money inside the lining of his coat so he won't lose it. When he falls asleep on the train, a fellow passenger steals the envelope. Fortunately, Emil spots the thief in Berlin at the train station and follows him to his hotel. There he meets a boy named Gustav who helps him put together a group of boys from Berlin to help him. A boy nicknamed The Professor organizes the stakeout, but the boys manage to blab to everyone, so the second day of the stakeout ends up with about a hundred children. (Zlín Film Festival)
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Rolf Wenkhaus
German Empire
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Emil and the Detectives (1931)
Käthe Haack
German Empire
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Fritz Rasp
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Rudolf Biebrach
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Olga Engl
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Inge Landgut
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Hans Joachim Schaufuß
German Empire
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Hans Richter
German Empire
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Hans Löhr
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Gerhard Dammann
German Empire
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Rudolf Lettinger
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Waldemar Kupczyk
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Margarete Sachse
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Georg H. Schnell
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Hubert Schmitz
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Martin Rickelt
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Hans Richter
German Empire
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