Its an odd one that follows the family film formula of the disney movies of the time. Emil and the detectives 1964 27794 movieart original film. Its there that they learn the details of the case from emil. The sets were designed by the art directors isabella and werner schlichting. Emil and the detectives when emil travels by bus to berlin to visit his family, his money is stolen by a crook who specializes in digging tunnels. Emil must get the money back as it is for his grandmother. Emil and the detectives by erich kastner goodreads. The novel received a sequel, emil and the three twins. Emil s cousin is especially interested in working with the detectives because she writes for her schools newspaper. A german writer, kastner would some years after writing this childrens tale watch the nazis burn many of his books, including the sequel emil and the three twins. It was kastners first major success and the only one of his pre1945 works to escape nazi censorship. Emil and the detectives disney dvd walter slezak 1964. Though the era of feature films made by the walt disney company when walt. Bryan would later change his name to kurt and go on to a very successful career.
When emil travels by bus to berlin to visit his family, his money is stolen by a crook who specializes in digging tunnels. Along the way, he meets new friends and finds trouble when he learns the pickpocket is mixed up with notorious bank robbers. Its brilliant even thought it was probably just done for practical reasons. The film waves uncertainly between pureandsimple kiddie entertainment and a deadserious erich kastners oftfilmed childrens story emil and the detectives was given the disney treatment in 1964. I remember getting the violin bass guitar im holding here, i. May 12, 2017 le film emil and the detectives 1964 vostfr admin 20170512t18. Aug 09, 2014 when emil travels by bus to berlin to visit his grandmother and his cousin, his money is stolen by a crook who specializes in digging tunnels. Filming was done on location in berlin and at filmstudio tempelhof. Emil and the detectives 1964 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses. Emil goes to berlin to see his grandmother with a large amount of money and is.
The band was formed by guitarist richard thompson on the far right of picture. While following the thief, he runs into gustav, an enterprising young boy who gathers up all his friends to help emil find the money. Tcm messageboards post your comments here add your comment share. One of those adaptations the 1964 one, to be precise was actually made by disney themselves. Emil and the detectives 1964 cindy cassell as pony imdb.
Is the disney film any good or is it better left forgotten. Emil and the detectives 1964 dvd elvis dvd collector. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of emil and the detectives with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at. Emil and the detectives segerstrom center for the arts. Le film emil and the detectives 1964 vostfr film complet. Feb 03, 2012 emil and the detectives was released to theatres on december 18th, 1964, and was the big christmas release from disney for that year. The film starred walter slezak and a young disney actor bryan russell, who would become a regular in the disney universe. Erich kastners oftfilmed childrens story emil and the detectives was given the disney treatment in 1964. The 1931 emil and the detectives is perhaps the best of the four film versions of the kastner story, benefitting from some cheerful glimpses of a sunshinedrenched berlin that disappeared forever. Emil and the detectives 1964 the movie database tmdb. Though the plot is still set in berlin, the younger characters have been extensively. Emil and the detectives 1964 stream and watch online. It was kastners first major success, the only one of his pre1945 works to escape nazi censorship, and remains his bestknown work, and has been translated into at least 59 languages.
It will have enough minor defects that it is in clearly worse condition than a brand new freshly published comic, magazine, or book. Emil and the detectives 1964 cindy cassell as pony. Parents need to know that emil and the detectives is a 1964 disney feature, from the 1929 novel by erich kastner, about young boys who team up to track down a pickpocket and bring down a trio of criminals involved in a bank heist. When his savings are stolen by a swindler, young emil tischbein assembles a force of berlin street kids to become his detectives and find the thief. Gustav is a few years older than emil, and is one of those kids playing at being an adult, by being a detective, complete with business cards and a team of young boys who work for him at their secret headquarters, which is really the apartment of one of the coworkers. Complete list of disney movies a list of 651 titles created 1 month ago completed a list of 1507 titles created 04 nov 2018 bewertet a list of 2039 titles created 09 mar 2012. In addition to emil and the detectives, bon voyage. Its been adapted for film, television and the stage, and some wellknown creators have worked on the various movie versions. Half sheet poster 22x28, folded, for the peter tewksbury family comedy emil and the detectives 1964. Emil and the detectives was released to theatres on december 18th, 1964, and was the big christmas release from disney for that year.
Released 1964, emil and the detectives stars bryan russell, roger mobley, walter slezak, heinz schubert the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 39 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. Emil and the detectives emil and the three twins the 35th of may by. Emil and the detectives 1964 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Cornwell talked about this early snapshot in the telegraph magazine. Emil and the detectives 1964 a 12yearold bryan russell employs a group of streetwise youngsters to help him track down a thief. John williams emil and the detectives 1935 youtube.
Billy wilder wrote the screenplay for the 1931 film, while disney produced an adaptation in 1964. While traveling to visit his grandmother, a boys money is stolen. When emil travels by bus to berlin to visit his grandmother and his cousin, his money is stolen by a crook who specializes in digging tunnels. Critics enjoyed the film and praised it for having realistic kids that didnt mug the camera and. Emil and the detectives 1964 emil goes to berlin to see his grandmother with a large amount of money and is offered sweets by a strange man that make him sleep. The film opens with animated credits featuring three burglars. Emil and the detectives emil and the three twins by erich kastner. Though the plot is set in berlin, the younger characters have been extensively americanized, none more so than the titular character played by bryan russell. In slingsbys signature intimate theatrical style, the story is told by two skilled actors combining the thrilling intrigue of a classic caper with an evocative film noir design, complete. Emil and the detectives 1964 my live action disney project. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival.
While following the thief, emil runs into gustav, a young boy who gathers up all his friends to help emil find the money. Emil and the detectives opened on december 18th, 1964 as disneys big christmas release. When emil travels by bus to berlin to visit his grandmother and his. When emil travels by bus to berlin to visit his grandmother, his money is stolen by a crook who specializes in digging tunnels.
Emil and the detectives is a 1964 film directed by peter tewksbury based on the novel emil and the detectives by german author erich kastner. While following the thief, emil runs into gustav, an enterprising young boy who gathers up all his friends to help emil find the money. Emil and the detectives is a journey about discovery and selfdiscovery, the value of friendships and taking risks, and the empowerment of young people. Emil and the detectives was made in germany in 1964 by walt disney and stars those appealing youngsters bryan russell as emil and roger mobley as gustav. The trio of thieves is eventually caught and there is a good ending. In his new version of the durable old german story, emil and the detectives, walt disney has come up with one of his best childrens pictures. The story for emil and the detectives is taken from a classic. It mentioned his early work on an emil and the detectives.
I was 10 years old when the 1964 version of emil and the detectives came out. Emil and the detectives is such a complete failure, it even felt. In december of 1964, disney released its live action feature film emil and. Many of us, reading the book to their children as i have done on. Emil and the detectives, erich kastner book summary.
It is up to him and a group of children to save the day. Jun 20, 20 when emil travels by bus to berlin to visit his grandmother and his cousin, his money is stolen by a crook who specializes in digging tunnels. Bryan russell plays the hapless emil, a young boy who is robbed while on a bus ride to visit his aunt. The sixth movie version of erich kastners classic childrens novel of the other five, two versions were german, one each british, japanese, and brazilian gets the full disney treatment here. The backstory of gustavs life, for example, might make an interesting plot as would ponys journalism career. Emil and the detectives 1964 it must have come as a surprise to movie goers in 1964 that walt disney would follow the success of his crowning achievement mary poppins with an international film made from the same mold as almost angels and miracle of the white stallions. The film waves uncertainly between pureandsimple kiddie entertainment and a deadserious caper effort. A 15yearold, hugh cornwell poses with his first band emil and the detectives in 1964. Emil i detektivi emil and the detectives, 1964 film. Emil and the detectives is such a complete failure, it even felt compelled to end the film by resurrecting its worst element, revisiting the hard boiled narrator and allowing him to pointlessly wrap things up in eyerolling fashion. Emil and the detectives 1964 when emil travels by bus to berlin to visit his grandmother and his cousin, his money is stolen by a crook who specializes in digging tunnels.
Sep 07, 20 the film tells the story of emil, a lowermiddleclass lad from a small provincial town who makes his first visit to berlin to stay with his grandmother and bring her hardearned money from his. Cast in credits order complete, awaiting verification. It was shot at the tempelhof studios in berlin and on location around the city. But they didnt include emil and the detectives, in part because of of its popularity. Sep 15, 2011 the cops show up just in time to arrest the rest of the skrinks and emil get reward money for their capture, which he shares with gustav and the detectives. Emil and the detectives 1964, to be filmed in berlin and west germany this.
Then, just last night, i happened to catch an interview with billy wilder on television. Yet this opening chapter, slow by current standards, is our introduction to emil and his character. Emil and the detectives 1964 directed by peter tewksbury. Its been adapted for several film versions, including multiple german versions and the 1964 disney adaptation, as well as a uk stage production. Emil and the detectives menace on the mountain all of these movies are a joy to watch. Emil and the detectives is apparently a german novel that has had multiple film adaptations over the years. While following the thief, emil runs into gustav, an enterprising young boy who gather. Bryan russell and roger mobley in the 1964 version of emil and the detectives. Emil goes to berlin to see his grandmother with a large amount of money and is offered sweets by a strange man that make him sleep. Best known as a bestselling german childrens book by erich kastner and a muchloved 1964 walt disney film, emil and the detectives has had a long and colorful life since its first publication in 1929, which essentially kick started the kid detective genre later found in favorites like encyclopedia brown, the hardy boys, and nancy drew. In slingsbys signature intimate theatrical style, the story is told by two skilled actors combining the thrilling intrigue of a classic caper with an evocative film noir design, complete with smoke and. Emil s cousin also gets involved and they get into more trouble than they bargained for when emil s pickpocket turns out to be mixed up with a couple of notorious bank robbers.
Parents need to know that emil and the detectives is a 1964 disney feature. Emil and the detectives 1964stream and watch online moviefone. Stemmle emil and the detectives 1964 film, directed by peter tewksbury emil and the detectives 2001 film, directed by franziska buch. When young emil is sent to berlin by his mother, the money he is carrying to give to his granny is stolen by a sinister man on the train. It is based on the 1929 novel by erich kastner, who also contributed to the film s script. Emil and the detectives erich kastners muchfilmed 1928 childrens classic, emil and the detectives, comes up fresh as a daisy in this ebullient modernization of the story about a bunch of kids. What could he have done differently in emil and the detectives. Emil tischbein, the hero of the childrens classic emil and the detectives, is a boy who is set a task. Whilst on his way to berlin to visit his grandmother, 10 year old emil. Awakening in time, emil follows the crook and with the aid of a group of resourceful. Emil and the detectives begins with a subchapter where it is described why the plot is set in the city and involves the life of city children instead of the life of unusual characters and adventures. Once in berlin, emil follows the thief and enlists the help of a gang of youngsters the detectives to help retrieve the stolen money.
Jun, 2017 emil and the detectives was one of several disney films of the 1960s to feature authentic footage of european settings. I even had a recording of the soundtrack that i played over and over again when i was alone. Emil s cousin also gets involved and they get into more. In order to get the money back, he follows the thief. Emil and the detectives 1964 original vintage one sheet movie poster, walt disney, walter slezak. The hutchinson treasury of childrens literature by alison sage. Emil and the detectives film emil, on his first trip to berlin, carries money to his grandmother, a mission of great responsibility, but a pickpocket cannot resist robbing the boy while he is napping on the bus. Emil and the detectives movie trailer and videos tv guide. Emil and the detectives buy, rent or watch on fandangonow. Emil and the detectives wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. Apr 23, 2016 emil and the detectives starts out deceptively, emil carrying the water jug and his mother washing her clients haira scene of domestic tranquility, nothing of adventures in sight.
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