---
title: 'Emil and the Detectives (2001)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Franziska Buch'
released: '2001-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 111
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Family'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/emil-and-the-detectives-2001'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0256739/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Emil and the Detectives (2001)

2001 · 111 min · Comedy, Family · Germany

Original title: Emil und die Detektive

## Synopsis

Emil and the Detectives is a 2001 German family film directed by Franziska Buch and starring Tobias Retzlaff, Anja Sommavilla, and Jürgen Vogel. It is based on the classic 1929 novel Emil and the Detectives by Erich Kästner.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Franziska Buch](https://cinepixo.com/people/franziska-buch)
- **Screenplay:** [Franziska Buch](https://cinepixo.com/people/franziska-buch)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Biber Gullatz](https://cinepixo.com/people/biber-gullatz)
- **Director of Photography:** [Hannes Hubach](https://cinepixo.com/people/hannes-hubach)
- **Editor:** [Patricia Rommel](https://cinepixo.com/people/patricia-rommel)

## Cast

- [Jürgen Vogel](https://cinepixo.com/people/jurgen-vogel)
- [Tobias Retzlaff](https://cinepixo.com/people/tobias-retzlaff)
- [Maria Schrader](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-schrader)
- [Ludwig Trepte](https://cinepixo.com/people/ludwig-trepte)
- [Sergej Moya](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergej-moya)
- [Rudolf Kowalski](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolf-kowalski)
- [Florian Lukas](https://cinepixo.com/people/florian-lukas)
- [Tobias Unkauf](https://cinepixo.com/people/tobias-unkauf)
- [Kai Wiesinger](https://cinepixo.com/people/kai-wiesinger)
- [Maximilian Befort](https://cinepixo.com/people/maximilian-befort)
- [Rufus Beck](https://cinepixo.com/people/rufus-beck)
- [Oscar Ortega Sánchez](https://cinepixo.com/people/oscar-ortega-sanchez)
- [Gode Benedix](https://cinepixo.com/people/gode-benedix)
- [Horst Kotterba](https://cinepixo.com/people/horst-kotterba)

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