Drama ·Crime · Germany · 2003 · 1h 41m

King of Thieves

König der Diebe

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Director
Ivan Fíla
Cast
Lazar Ristovski as Caruso Iakov Kultiasov as Barbu Katharina Thalbach as Julie Oktay Özdemir as Marcel Birol Ünel as Birol Imogen Kogge as Polizistin
Crew
Vladimír Smutný — Director of Photography Ivana Davidová — Editor Michael Kocáb — Original Music Composer Ivan Fíla — Screenplay Rudolf Biermann — Producer Alexander Manasse — Production Design
Synopsis

Two amateur circus kids from a poor Ukrainian village, ten-year-old Barbu and his older sister Mimma, are sold to a circus artist called Caruso who promises them a career in the West.

Mood & Themes
berlin, germanycircustraffickingchild prostitution
Key Collaborators
Ivan Fíla Director Vladimír Smutný Director of Photography Ivana Davidová Editor Michael Kocáb Original Music Composer Ivan Fíla Screenplay Rudolf Biermann Producer Alexander Manasse Production Design Jan Růžička Costume Design Bettina Weiß Costume Design
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