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Emil and the Detectives (1935)

★ 5.5/10 70 min Comedy, Crime United Kingdom English
Director: Milton Rosmer
Dialogue: Margaret Carter
Novel: Erich Kästner
Scenario Writer: Frank Launder
Screenplay by: Billy Wilder
Adaptation: Cyrus Brooks
Streaming: Not available

Description

Erich Kästner’s beloved novel has been adapted for film or television six times since its publication in 1929; this 1935 British version was the first in English. Believed lost for decades, it was recently rediscovered by the BFI and has now been restored. The film moves the action from Berlin to London, where Emil goes to stay with his grandmother and cousin. Thereafter, the tale of Emil’s adventures with a gang of streetwise London children faithfully follows the original plot.

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John Williams Emil
George Hayes
George Hayes The Man in The Boeler Hat
Mary Glynne
Mary Glynne Mrs. Blake
Clare Greet
Clare Greet Grandma
George Merritt
George Merritt PC
Marion Foster Polly
Donald Pittman Gussy
John Singer
John Singer Thesday

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