"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. He wakes up at his stop with no money. It is up to him and a group of children to save the day."
Peter Finkbeiner
as Emil Tischbein
Heli Finkenzeller
as Frau Tischbein
Wolfgang Lukschy
as Oberwachmeister Jeschke
Kurt Meisel
as Grundeis
Ruth Nimbach
as Anni Wandel
Margarete Haagen
as Oma Tischbein
Camilla Spira
as Emils Tante
Hans Dieter Zeidler
as Emils Onkel
Walter Gross
as Straßenbahnschaffner
Ernst Waldow
as Kurgast
Gerd Frickhöffer
as Festredner
Wolfgang Condrus
as Gustav mit der Hupe
Marina Ried
as
Axel Monjé
as Der Herr vom Kriminalamt
Roland Kaiser
as Der kleine Dienstag
Günter Pfitzmann
as Lehrer
Claudia Schäfer
as Ponny Hütchen
Fredy Arnold
Makeup Artist
Hermann Leitner
Editor
Robert A. Stemmle
Director
Screenplay
Erich Kästner
Novel
Kurt Schulz
Director of Photography
Billy Wilder
Georg Haentzschel
Original Music Composer
Kurt Ulrich
Executive Producer
Oscar Martay
Assistant Director
Willi Herrmann
Art Direction
Heinrich Weidemann