Emil und die Detektive
The girl Pony from Berlin and the boy Emil from the village are friends. Best friends, actually. The story of how they met was spectacular. It had to do with a real criminal case! When Pony talks about it, she always gets very excited. Everything happened so quickly and unexpectedly! But how it all started, Emil tells better himself...
Emil lives in Neustadt. There isn't much going on there. One could almost say it's usually quite boring. Especially when you're Emil's age. So, it's a welcome change that he gets to travel all alone to his grandma in Berlin during the holidays! His mother accompanies him to the train station and gives him a whole 250 euros to give to his grandma.
On the train, Emil notices a fellow passenger: a man with a checkered hat who has the strange name "Grundeis". He is polite, tells Emil about the dangerous life in Berlin, and even offers him a piece of chocolate. After eating it, Emil suddenly feels very tired. When he wakes up, the stranger is gone - and the money too. Emil rushes off the train, spots the thief at the last moment, and follows him through the city of Berlin. Along the way, he meets the tough Berlin girl Pony. Together, they come up with a plan to retrieve the stolen money. And for that, they need the help of all the Berlin children...
The Leipzig Theater der jungen Welt is the oldest professional children's and youth theater in Germany. In 1946, it was opened with Erich Kästner's successful children's crime classic "Emil and the Detectives". For the theater's 75th anniversary, the play was brought back to the stage in a new version and is now on a grand tour. Since today's world is very different from Erich Kästner's time, who published his novel in 1929, digital elements are now also included. Pony Hütchen, who already embodied an unusually modern view of women in the book, is now moving from the sidelines to the forefront and plays the lead role alongside Emil. In a wonderfully light-hearted production, they show that the fundamental themes of the story are still the same: friendship, courage, and solidarity among children. And then as now, the cry echoes through Berlin: "Parole Emil!"
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