King of Thieves

Nov 14, 2003

1h 41m

★ 5.8

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Crime

Production Companies

ZDF

Charlie's Bratislava

In Film Praha

Ivan Fila Filmproduktion

Lichtblick Film- und Fernsehproduktion (I)

MACT Productions

Wega Film

ARTE France Cinéma

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Cast

Caruso

Lazar Ristovski

Barbu

Iakov Kultiasov

Julie

Katharina Thalbach

Marcel

Oktay Özdemir

Birol

Birol Ünel

Polizistin

Imogen Kogge

Julie

Anna Thalbach

Kardinal

Paulus Manker

Polizisti

Imogen Kogge

Bianca

Yasemin Buyuksapci

Dimo

Manfred Witt

Barbus Vater

Viktor Bentsler

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