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Emil and the Detectives (1935)
Directed by Milton Rosmer
Comedy, Crime · 1h 10m
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.
Cast
George Hayes
Mary Glynne
Clare Greet
George Merritt
John Singer
Derek Blomfield
Robert Rietti
Crew
- Director
- Milton Rosmer
- Screenplay
- Billy Wilder
- Novel
- Erich Kästner
- Director of Photography
- Mutz Greenbaum, George Stretton
- Original Music Composer
- Allan Gray
- Editor
- Cyril Heck
- Producer
- Richard Wainwright
Details
- Release date
- 1935-02-05
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- Richard Wainwright Productions