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Emil and the Detectives

6.420011h 51mMovieComedyFamily

The twelve-year-old Emil and his father are haunted by bad luck. To take a break from a series of family disasters, Emil is allowed to spend a few days with a friend of the family, the female priest Hummel in Berlin. In the train he runs…

DirectorFranziska Buch
WriterFranziska Buch
ProducersChristoph Holch·Uschi Reich

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Cast · Directed by Franziska Buch

TRTobias Retzlaff
Tobias Retzlaff
Emil Tischbein
AS
Anja Sommavilla
Pony Hütchen
JVJürgen Vogel
Jürgen Vogel
Max Grundeis
MS
Maria Schrader
Pastorin Hummel
KWKai Wiesinger
Kai Wiesinger
Knut Tischbein
MBMax Befort
Max Befort
Gypsi
MK
Maurice Kumar
Kebab
SMSergej Moya
Sergej Moya
Flügel
DK
David Klock
Gustav Hummel
TU
Tobias Unkauf
Dienstag
TWThando Walbaum
Thando Walbaum
Hassouna
RKRudolf Kowalski
Rudolf Kowalski
Lehrer Hummel

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