Emil and the Detectives (1954) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1954 · 94 mins · German

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Directed by

Robert A. Stemmle

Starring

Wolfgang Lukschy, Ruth Nimbach, Günter Pfitzmann, Wolfgang Condrus, Roland Kaiser, Gerd Frickhöffer

Emil travels to Berlin to visit his grandmother, carrying a sizeable sum of money. En route he accepts sweets from a suspicious stranger, which cause him to fall asleep. He awakens at his destination with the money gone. Determined, Emil teams up with a group of clever local children, and together they hunt down the thieves and work to retrieve the stolen cash.