KING OF THE THIEVES
A film by Ivan Fila
CAST Lazar Ristovska, Yasha Kultiasov, Katharina Thalbach, Paulus Manker a.o.
SCREENPLAY AND DIRECTOR Ivan Fila
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Vladimir Smutny
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Alexander Manasse
COSTUME DESIGNER Bettina Weiß, Jan Růžička, Janka Jankovā
SOUND ENGINEER Zdenek Taubler
EDITOR Ivana Davidová
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR Jacqueline McGee
PRODUCTION MANAGER Günther Stocklöv, Viktor Mayer, Ivan Ruppeldt
PRODUCTION EXECUTIVE Helga Bähr, Rudolf Biermann
PRODUCERS Veit Heiduschka, Helga Bähr, Rudolf Biermann, Ivan Fila
PRODUCTION COMPANIES Wega-Filmproduktion/ Lichtblick Filmproduktion (D)/ In Film Praha (CZ)/ Ivan Fila Filmproduktion (D)/ Charlies Film (SK)/ MACT Productions (F)
WORLD SALES Cine - International Filmvertrieb, Munich
FORMAT 101 min., 35 mm, Colour, Dolby SRD
Synopsis
Ten-year-old Barbu lives with his poor family in an Ukrainian village. A promoter named Caruso regularly comes to town, offering to buy children from their parents, promising them a fantastic future in Berlin in his traveling circus. Caruso similarly lures Barbu to Berlin. But Barbu is not destined for the circus. Caruso turns him over to a gang of thieves who train children to steal. They punish the children if they don’t steal enough or if they keep any of the spoils for themselves. Under such brainwashing, Barbu resolves to become the King of the Thieves.
