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Emil and the Detectives

05 Feb 1935
  • United Kingdom
70 mins
5
3 votes
  • Comedy
  • Crime
articleOverview personCast
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.
  • John Williams

    as Emil
  • George Hayes

    as The Man in The Boeler Hat
  • Mary Glynne

    as Mrs. Blake
  • Clare Greet

    as Grandma
  • George Merritt

    as PC
  • Marion Foster

    as Polly
  • Donald Pittman

    as Gussy
  • John Singer

    as Thesday
  • Derek Blomfield

    as Jerry
  • Robert Rietti

    as Professor

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