Nov 14, 2003
101 min
Full-HD

King of Thieves (2003)

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.

Category

Drama Crime

Country

Germany France Slovakia Czech Republic

Companies

ZDF Charlie's Bratislava In Film Praha Ivan Fila Filmproduktion Lichtblick Film- und Fernsehproduktion (I) MACT Productions Wega Film ARTE France Cinéma

Lazar Ristovski

Caruso

Iakov Kultiasov

Barbu

Katharina Thalbach

Julie

Oktay Özdemir

Marcel

Birol Ünel

Birol

Imogen Kogge

Polizistin

Anna Thalbach

Julie

Paulus Manker

Kardinal

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