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King of Thieves(2003)
Status: Released
Date: 2003-11-14
58%
8 Votes
Time: 1h 41m
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.
Languages: German, Ukrainian.
Countries:
Germany,
France,
Slovakia,
Czech Republic
ProductionCompanies: 
Charlie's Bratislava
In Film Praha
Ivan Fila Filmproduktion
Lichtblick Film- und Fernsehproduktion (I)
Movie: King of Thieves
Top 10 Billed Cast
Lazar Ristovski
Caruso
Iakov Kultiasov
Barbu
Katharina Thalbach
Julie
Oktay Özdemir
Marcel
Birol Ünel
Birol
Imogen Kogge
Polizistin
Anna Thalbach
Julie
Paulus Manker
Kardinal
Imogen Kogge
Polizisti
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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.
Release Date
2003-11-14
Average
5.75
Rating:
2.9 startsTagline
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