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Emil and the Detectives (1954) Characters, Setting & Themes 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.
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