Emil and the Detectives (1964)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Emil and the detectives |
| Original title | Emil and the Detectives |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1964 |
| length | 92 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Peter Tewksbury |
| script | AJ Carothers |
| production |
Walt Disney Peter V. Herald |
| music | Heinz Schreiter |
| camera | Günther Senftleben |
| cut |
Thomas Stanford Cotton Warburton |
| occupation | |
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Emil and the Detectives is an American film by director Peter Tewksbury from 1964. The script was written by AJ Carothers and it is based on the novel of the same name by Erich Kästner . In Germany, literature adaptation started on August 20, 1965.
action
On the trip to Berlin, 400 marks are stolen from the boy Emil's jacket pocket that he was supposed to bring to his grandmother. Emil's suspicion immediately falls on the person sitting next to him, Mr. Grundis, who is known in crook circles under the name "Mole". In the big city alone, Emil begins the pursuit. In the process he gets to know “Gustav with the horn”, an adolescent who commands a gang of children who are passionate about playing detective. The boys take over the case according to a carefully thought-out battle plan. They collect the first clues, observe a number of hotels and finally meet Grundis, who has arranged to meet two gangsters to break into a bank from a ruin. Gustav has the ruin guarded. By carelessness, Emil falls into the hands of the gangsters. These force him to get into the bank and hand over the money. Müller and the baron block Emil and the mole on their way back. The police, alarmed by the children in the meantime, freed the two and also provided the other crooks.
production
The outdoor shots were taken in 1963 in the Hessian city of Alsfeld and in (West) Berlin (including in the Hansaviertel, at the Gedächtniskirche, in Hardenbergstrasse and Hardenbergplatz, at the Görlitzer Bahnhof underground station, in front of the ruins of the Museum of Ethnology in the Stresemannstrasse [mixed with studio shots] and on Savignyplatz) and the interior shots in the studios of Berliner Union-Film . The film buildings were created by the married couple Werner and Isabella Schlichting , additional buildings are by Heinrich Weidemann .
Reviews
“The sixth film adaptation of the famous novel by Erich Kästner, reduced to the extended criminalistic aspects of the plot. Undemanding, conventional design, strongly Americanized in type and taste and with an ambiguous overall impression. Even if children and adults enjoy this film, it cannot be described as a recommendable family film, let alone a good children's film. "
“American, coarse, albeit in parts parodic and lively copy of the classic children's novel by Erich Kästner. The sensational tension based on three comical Rififi gangsters and two dynamite explosions misses the original child-friendly mentality of its original at the West Berlin location: the children in the film look like adults. "
Web links
- Emil and the Detectives in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4QY9uA9diY&app=desktop
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058056/locations?ref_=tt_dt_dt
- ↑ Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 341/1965, p. 609.
- ↑ rororo-Taschenbuch No. 6322, edition from 1988, p. 855.