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King of Thieves

King of Thieves

2003•1h 41m•5.9/10
DramaCrime

Ratings

🎬TMDb
5.9/10(9)

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.

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Production

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

Language

DE

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Lazar Ristovski

Lazar Ristovski

Caruso

Iakov Kultiasov

Iakov Kultiasov

Barbu

Katharina Thalbach

Katharina Thalbach

Julie

Oktay Özdemir

Oktay Özdemir

Marcel

Birol Ünel

Birol Ünel

Birol

Imogen Kogge

Imogen Kogge

Polizistin

Anna Thalbach

Anna Thalbach

Julie

Paulus Manker

Paulus Manker

Kardinal

Imogen Kogge

Imogen Kogge

Polizisti

Yasemin Buyuksapci

Bianca

Manfred Witt

Dimo

Viktor Bentsler

Viktor Bentsler

Barbus Vater

Axel Neumann

Axel Neumann

Pokerspieler

Motamedi

Ali

Lucia Adyova

Kinder bei Caruso

Petra Hačkova

Kinder bei Caruso

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