Main Cast: Lazar Ristovski, Yasha Kultiasov, Katharina Thalbach, Julia Khanverdieva, Oktay Özdemir
Release Year: 2004
Country: FR/DE/AT/CZ
Run Time: 105 minutes
Plot
A destitute child from an impoverished Ukrainian village finds that the world can be a cold and cruel place after being lured from his home by a nefarious huckster under the guise of working in the circus. Barbu is a ten-year-old boy whose dreams of a brighter future find him slowly falling for the hollow promises made by shady promoter Caruso. Though Caruso regularly descends upon the town to seduce gullible children with promises of fame and fortune in the West, the truth about what actually happens to Caruso's children couldn't be more tragic. When Barbu is lured to Berlin and sold to a gang that uses children for stealing, the strong-headed youngster soon determines to make the best of his situation and become the best thief in the bunch. His quest to become the King of Thieves is sidetracked, however, when after learning that Caruso has sold his older sister Mimma to a Berlin brothel, Barbu determines to rescue his sister from a grim future of forced prostitution. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
Cast
Lazar Ristovski
Yasha Kultiasov
Katharina Thalbach
Julia Khanverdieva
Oktay Özdemir
Paulus Manker; Birol Ünel; Imogen Kogge; Yasemin Buyuksapci; Manfred Witt
Credit
Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre - Co-producer, Veit Heiduschka - Co-producer, Jan Ruzicka - Costume Designer, Janka Jankova - Costume Designer, Bettina Weiss - Costume Designer, Ivan Fila - Director, Ivana Davidova - Editor, Michael Kocab - Composer (Music Score), Vladimir Smutny - Cinematographer, Rudolf Biermann - Producer, Ivan Fila - Producer, Helga Baehr - Producer, Max Rammler - Sound/Sound Designer, Zdenek Taubler - Sound/Sound Designer, Ivan Fila - Screenwriter
