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Emil and the Detectives

1931 · 75 min

A charming, brisk old-fashioned caper where plucky kids band together against a sinister adult, suspenseful but gentle and full of warmth.

Overview
When a suspicious man bribes Emil with chocolate in return for a bundle of cash, the young lad thinks of a plan to catch him.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • justice
  • coming-of-age
  • family
  • deception
Places
  • big city
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour5
Realism7
Romance0
Tension5
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
family, comedy, crime
Directed by
Gerhard Lamprecht
Written by
Erich Kästner, Emeric Pressburger, Billy Wilder
Starring
Rolf Wenkhaus, Käthe Haack, Fritz Rasp, Rudolf Biebrach, Olga Engl, Inge Landgut, Hans Joachim Schaufuß, Hans Richter
Music
Allan Gray
Cinematography
Werner Brandes
Runtime
75 min
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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