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