When Willi's father is abducted and is only released for a valuable statue from his art collection, Tim is the only one who believes Willi that the police are on the wrong track. Together with the smart policeman's daughter Gaby and the highly intelligent outsider Karl, they start to investigate on their own. Against all odds the four discover a conspiracy. In the course of their first big detective adventure they grow together into a committed community, and so Tim, Klöschen, Karl and Gaby become the band TKKG.
Production
Berlin locations give actual texture to the mystery
Acting
Emma-Louise Schimpf's Gaby carries the brains AND heart
Director
Robert Thalheim
Ilyes Raoul
Tim
Lorenzo Germeno
Willi Sauerlich
Emma-Louise Schimpf
Gaby
Manuel Santos Gelke
Karl
Mai Duong Kieu
Amanda
Phil Laude
Bienert
Antoine Monot Jr.
Hermann Sauerlich
Milan Peschel
Raimundo
Trystan Pütter
Kommissar Glockner
Tom Schilling
Lehrer Pauling
Samuel Schneider
Georg
Laura Tonke
Erna Sauerlich
Luna Winter
Steffi
Maryam Zaree
Susanne Carsten
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
TKKG is Germany's longest-running youth book series with over 200 novels since 1979 — this film finally gave the franchise its big-screen origin story moment.
Director Robert Thalheim mostly makes serious arthouse dramas; reportedly took this gig because his own kids were obsessed with the books.
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