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Emil and the Detectives
64%
Movie
1h 51m
AI Analysis
Emil and the Detectives (2001) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Emil and the Detectives (2001) — a movie tagged as Comedy and Family with cozy and funny moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: 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 across the slick Max Grundeis who anaesthetizes Emil and steals his savings of … Our models also surface themes such as ai and family from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for families with kids, family viewing, and casual background watching. Expect steady storytelling (~111 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Emil and the Detectives 64% (39 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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from 39 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
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 across the slick Max Grundeis who anaesthetizes Emil and steals his savings of 1500 DM. When he finally arrives in Berlin, Emil and a gang of street kids, led by the cheeky girl Pony Hütchen, try to find the gangster, who haunts the posh Hotel Adlon as a hotel thief. Meanwhile, to prevent anyone from finding out about Emil's mishap, Gypsi, a member of the gang of kids, passes himself off as Emil, thus wreaking havoc on the home of the priest.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 2001-02-22
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- TMDB rating
- 6.4
- TMDB ID
- 10556
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What is Emil and the Detectives about?
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 pries... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
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How long is the movie Emil and the Detectives?
The official runtime for Emil and the Detectives is approximately 111 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast
Tobias Retzlaff
Emil Tischbein
- A
Anja Sommavilla
Pony Hütchen
Jürgen Vogel
Max Grundeis
Maria Schrader
Pastorin Hummel
Kai Wiesinger
Knut Tischbein
Max Befort
Gypsi
- M
Maurice Kumar
Kebab
Sergej Moya
Flügel
- D
David Klock
Gustav Hummel
- T
Tobias Unkauf
Dienstag
Thando Walbaum
Hassouna
Rudolf Kowalski
Lehrer Hummel
Martin Feifel
Paschke
Rufus Beck
Hotelportier
Oscar Ortega Sánchez
Boban
Horst Kotterba
Vater Pony
Florian Lukas
Kellner
Ludwig Trepte
Schüler
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