King of Thieves
2004 · Movie · 101 min. · Czech Republic
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. Caruso smuggles them to Berlin and separates them from each other. Mimma is sold to prostitution, while Barbu is taught to snatch purses together with an older Albanian boy Marcel. Barbu finds out about Mimma's fate and decides to free her from the brothel.
Direction Ivan Fíla
Cast Lazar Ristovski · Iakov Kultiasov · Katharina Thalbach · Julia Khanverdieva · Birol Ünel · Oktay Özdemir · Paulus Manker · Axel Neumann
Soundtrack Michael Kocáb
Screenplay Ivan Fíla
Cinematography Vladimir Smutny
Original title König der Diebe
6.5
134 votes (FilmAffinity)
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