When Emil travels by bus to Berlin to visit his grandmother and his cousin, his money is stolen by a crook who specializes in digging tunnels. Emil must get the money back as it is for his grandmother. While following the thief, Emil runs into Gustav, an enterprising young boy who gathers up all his friends to help Emil find the money. Emil's cousin also gets involved and they get into more trouble than they bargained for when Emil's pickpocket turns out to be mixed up with a couple of notorious bank robbers.

玛蒂娜获得了奖学金，进入阿尔卑斯山一所著名的寄宿学校就读。刚到学校，她就卷入了寄宿生和走读生之间激烈的争斗。玛蒂娜发现自己在学业、家庭责任和对新朋友的忠诚之间纠结不已。

影片根据《吹牛大王历险记》改编，讲述了13世纪一位叫孟豪森男爵的善于吹牛的德国人，因为一次与苏丹王的打赌，搬走了苏丹王的所有宝藏，并引发了战争。孟豪森男爵只好找来他那一群天赋异秉的仆人——飞毛腿、大力士、千里眼和顺风耳，一起去消弭战祸……