Emil and the Detectives

EMIL AND THE DETECTIVES

Author:

First edition:

Emil und die Detektive, 1929.

Main illustrators:

Maja Trier

In short:

Emil Tischbein lives in Neustadt. His mother gives her 120 marks for her grandmother, who is living in Berlin. Emil leaves for Berlin, but on the train a man gives him some chocolates which make him fall asleep. When he wakes up, the money has disappeared...

Selection of edition:

Emil and the Detectives, translated by May Massee, illustrated by Walter Trier, Doubleday & Co., 1930.
Émile et les détectives, illustrated by Pierre Dessons, Hachette, 1977.
Emile et les détectives, illustrated by Daniel Maja, Hachette, 1980.
Emile et les détectives, illustrated by Daniel Maja, Hachette, 1995.

Adaptations:

Emil and the Detectives has been adaptated to the big screen many times. The first version was directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and written by Billy Wilder in 1931.
Later on, Milton Rosmer (1935), R.A.Stemmle (1954) and Peter Tewksbury (1964) also tried their best with this detective story.