EMIL UND DIE DETEKTIVE (original title)
UFA FICTION GmbH • Cinema • 2026Ende Oktober 2025 wurden die Dreharbeiten der Neuverfilmung von Erich Kästners EMIL UND DIE DETEKTIVE in Bernburg beendet. Ko-Produziert von UFA Fiction, Warner Bros. Film Productions Germany und UFA Mitte ist der Kinderfilm eine zeitgemäße Adaption des Kinderbuchklassikers um Freundschaft und Zusammenhalt.
EMIL AND THE DETECTIVES will be released in 2026 by Warner Bros. Pictures Germany.
In der Rolle des Emil spielt Nicholas Jonah Peter seine erste große Kinohauptrolle. An seiner Seite stehen die Detektive Pony (Lara Toni), Gustav (Kilian Kasa), Dienstag (Bela Louis Plass), Anh (Ai Vy Bui) und Jason (Camille Moltzen), mit denen Emil ein unvergessliches Abenteuer in der Großstadt erlebt. Die Dreharbeiten fanden in Berlin, Leipzig und Bernburg statt.
The ensemble of young actors is complemented by a great adult cast including Luise Heyer as Anna Tischbein, Merlin Sandmeyer as Max Grundeis and Ursula Werner as Renate Tischbein.
About the plot: Emil is supposed to spend the summer holidays with his grandmother in Berlin. But already on the train there he is robbed by the unscrupulous fraudster Max Grundeis – and a wild adventure begins! Together with a gang of clever children, Emil takes up the chase and plunges into a fast-paced detective hunt across Berlin – full of wit, courage and genuine friendship.
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EMIL AND THE DETECTIVES is a co-production of UFA Fiction, Warner Bros. Film Productions Germany and UFA Mitte distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures Germany. Producers are Sebastian Werninger, Tobias Timme and Katharina Rietz. Matthias Adler is executive producer, Tom Haase is producer. Co-producers of Warner Bros. Film Productions Germany are Steffen Schier, Julia Hayungs and Maggie Mackuth. David Dietl directs, Philip Peschlow is responsible for the camera work as DoP. The screenplay was written by Antonia Scheurlen. The film is funded by the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (mbb), the Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM), the FilmFernsehFonds Bayern (FFFB), the Filmförderanstalt (FFA), the German Film Fund (DFFF) and the Bavarian State Chancellery.
The film adaptation is not the first UFA Fiction book adaptation of an Erich Kästner classic. Two years ago, THE FLYING CLASSROOM was released in cinemas.
