The twelve-year-old Emil and his father are haunted by bad luck. To take a break from a series of family disasters, Emil is allowed to spend a few days with a friend of the family, the female ...

In Erich Kastner's much-loved Emil And The Detectives, written in 1929, the young Emil sets off from the provinces for Berlin. He leaves behind his hardworking single mother, who entrusts him with her ...