Shortly after its premiere on December 2nd 1931, a review proclaimed that the tale of little Emil was already sufficiently well-known. Created and published in the form of a novel by the emerging author Erich Kästner back in 1929, the story had within two years already sold over a million copies. Since then the tale has accompanied and enthused successive generations of adolescents.
In the meantime the novel has been filmed several times. This adaptation remains remarkable however for the fact that it was not only the first German feature film aimed at children, but also features unique historical images of Berlin and Brandenburg.
35 mm | s/w / b/w
Billie Wilder, Gerhard Lamprecht
Werner Brandes
Hermann Fritzsching
Werner Schlichting
Allan Gray
Rolf Wenkhaus, Käthe Haack, Fritz Rasp, Rudolf Bierbrach, Olga Engl, Inge Landgut, Hans Schaufuß, Hans Albrecht Löhr, Hans Richter
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Gerhard Lamprecht - born 1897, passed away in 1974 in Berlin. Studied dramatics and art history in Berlin, as well as acting under the guidance of Paul Bildt. Was drafted to the military in 1917 and wrote his first film scripts a year later whilst in military hospital. In 1920 Lamprecht released his debut feature film ES BLEIBT IN DER FAMILIE.
ES BLEIBT IN DER FAMILIE (1920)
FLIEHENDE SCHATTEN (1921)
BUDDENBROOKS (1923)
DIE VERRUFENEN (1925)
DIE UNEHELICHEN (1926)
MADAME BOVARY (1937)
DER SPIELER (1938)
IRGENDWO IN BERLIN (1946)
OBERWACHTMEISTER BORCK (1955)