Emil and the Detectives

Year: 1935

Runtime: 70 mins

Language: English

Director: Milton Rosmer

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Based on Erich Kästner’s 1929 novel, this 1935 British film was the first English adaptation. Long thought lost, the BFI has restored it. The story relocates Emil’s journey from Berlin to London, where he stays with his grandmother and cousin and teams up with a savvy group of street‑wise London children to chase down a thief, faithfully following the original plot.

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