Emil and the Detectives (1964 film) facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Emil and the Detectives |
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| Directed by | Peter Tewksbury |
| Produced by | John McKimson Walt Disney |
| Written by | Erich Kästner |
| Starring | Walter Slezak Bryan Russell Roger Mobley |
| Editing by | Thomas Stanford |
| Studio | Walt Disney Productions |
| Distributed by | Buena Vista Distribution |
| Release date(s) | December 18, 1964 |
| Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Money made | $1,275,000 |
Emil and the Detectives is a 1964 film directed by Peter Tewksbury based on the novel Emil and the Detectives by German author Erich Kästner. The film stars Walter Slezak and Bryan Russell.
It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin and on location around the city. The sets were designed by the art directors Isabella and Werner Schlichting.
Plot
Ten-year old Emil Tischbein travels by bus from Neustadt to Berlin, carrying an envelope containing 400 marks that his mother has entrusted him to deliver to his grandmother. Emil falls asleep during the bus ride and wakes up to find the money gone. He is sure that the thief is Grundeis, the shifty man who was sitting next to him. Emil follows Grundeis to a Berlin cafe and summons a policeman, but Grundeis escapes to a rendezvous with The Baron, his underworld associate. Emil enlists the help of a group of child "detectives" led by the street urchin Gustav, and together they track down Grundeis and overhear him plotting with The Baron and his accomplice Müller to rob a large Berlin bank by tunneling to its vault. Emil is captured and forced to assist in the criminal plot. After the bank vault is blown open, Grundeis is doublecrossed by The Baron and Müller and left behind with Emil in the tunnel to be blown up by a dynamite fuse, but Gustav arrives in time to save them. The child detectives pursue the thieves and alert more children in the neighborhood who also give chase. The Baron and Muller are surrounded by the children and arrested by the police. Emil receives a reward which he intends to share with the other children.
Cast
- Walter Slezak as The Baron
- Bryan Russell as Emil Tischbein
- Roger Mobley as Gustav
- Heinz Schubert as Grundeis the thief
- Peter Ehrlich as Müller
- Cindy Cassell as Pony
- Elsa Wagner as Grandma
- Eva Ingeborg Scholz as Frau Tischbein, Emil's mother
- Wolfgang Völz as Wachtmeister Stucke
- Brian Richardson as The Professor
- Robert Swann as Hermann
- David Petrychka as Dienstag
Comic book adaption
- Gold Key: Emil and the Detectives (February 1965)
