When young Emil is sent to Berlin by his mother, the money he is carrying to give to his grandmother is stolen by a sinister man on the train. Once in Berlin, Emil follows the thief and enlists the help of a gang of youngsters – ‘the detectives’ – to help retrieve the stolen money.
This classic 1931 German adaptation of Eric Kastner’s much-loved children’s book was written by Kastner himself in collaboration with the legendary Billy Wilder (Sunset Boulevard, The Apartment) and an uncredited Emeric Pressburger (A Matter of Life and Death, Red Shoes). Emil and the Detectives was one of the first German sound films, and provides a fascinating glimpse of Berlin before Nazism and the Second World War.
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Emil and the Detectives (Milton Rosmer, 1935, 60 mins): once considered to be a lost film, this rare British adaptation, set on the streets of London, has been newly transferred from the only surviving film elements
Fully illustrated booklet with original promotional material, and new essays by Bryony Dixon, Caren Willig and Children's Laureate Michael Rosen
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SKU
5035673009819
Catalogue Number
BFIVD981
Subtitle
A film by Gerhard Lamprecht
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<ul> <li>Emil and the Detectives (Milton Rosmer, 1935, 60 mins): Rare 1935 British adaptation, set on the streets of London, newly transferred from the only surviving film element.</li> <li>Fully illustrated booklet with original reviews and new essays by
