Emil and the Detectives

2001 · 111 MIN · IMDB 6.0 · 1,321 VOTES · DIR. Franziska Buch

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Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 892 lines

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00:01:03 Emil And The Detectives
00:06:49 Some of you probably don't know that I have eyes in the back of my head.
00:10:22 - Hello, Papa, I have something to tell you. - Hello, Emil!
00:14:06 Wait there for my sister and Gustav to pick you up
00:18:03 Yes, it's me. I have a customer for you. He needs a driving licence for
00:23:43 - It's strange you don't have friends. - I'm the man of the house.
00:28:32 This is better than a crime movie!
00:31:59 Hey, I am Emil, I have a plan, I have a target
00:35:07 - Ohhh! - Quiet! Quiet!
00:38:53 Thank you, Emil. The Dahlias are beautiful.
00:42:52 - Step on it! Carragio! - By your command, Signorina.
00:46:43 - much darker than here. - Man, it's summer! When everyone
00:49:34 My father gave him to me for my birthday. A Jack Daniels Cocker.
00:56:47 I tell you, those Americans are so loud and brash!
01:04:43 - That's right. Me too! - Fairy and Elf get night watch.
01:08:05 Good evening, Mrs Hütchen. I'm Emil Tischbein.
01:11:43 Exactly!
01:14:28 This is better than the Bible. This sermon will make your mother famous!
01:18:33 But I still need some time. The money, it is
01:23:29 Ha? Right now? Where do you have to go? And what was that emergency
01:26:27 - Do what he says! Otherwise he will...! - Enough!
01:32:13 We're ready! Operation Emil!
01:38:01 But it could easily have gone terribly wrong!
01:41:06 Actually I should be totally happy. And I am.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed892
Dialogue density8.0 lines / min
First line00:01:03
Final line01:41:06

Production Record

DirectorFranziska Buch
LanguageGerman
IMDb votes1,321