King of Thieves (film)

• Jakov Kultiasov: Barbu
• Lazar Ristovski: Caruso
• Katharina Thalbach: Julie
• Julia Khanverdieva: Mimma
• Oktay Özdemir: Marcel
• Paulus Manker: Cardinal
• Birol Ünel: Birol
• Imogen Kogge: policewoman
• Yasemin Büyüksapci: Bianca
• Manfred Witt: Dimo
• Viktor Benzlers: Barbus father
• Axel Neumann: Poker Player
• Motamedi: Ali
• Ivica Kostric: smuggler
• Annathal Bach: Julie ( young)
• Marko Igonda: Caruso ( young)
• Jiří Berousek: Man with bear
• Werner Daehn: Mucki

King of Thieves is a film by Ivan Fíla from the year 2004 on the fate of the street boys Barbu.

Action

The boy Barbu growing up in poverty in the Ukrainian province. He dreams of becoming a famous artist and "King of the ring ". The Artist Caruso promises to take him and his sister Mimma to Berlin, where he is to be formed in Caruso's circus. Barbu and Mimma he discharged in various ways according to Germany.

While it turns out after the arrival of the circus Barbu as a training camp for street thieves, Mimma is gambled Caruso at poker on the pimp cardinal. Barbu he says that Mimma was sent back at the border. Together with the older Marcel Barbu goes on the road to steal. He also became friends with Julie, the girlfriend of Caruso, which had once been seriously injured in a high- wire act.

But after some time provides Marcel no longer the required limit to "prey" and is taken from the group. Before he gives Barbu a Colt and ask him to pass the part of the booty, the Marcel had diverted his sister Bianca, which was also urged to work as a prostitute. From these experiences Barbu, that his own sister is forced by Cardinal prostitution. He is Cardinal with the Colt and can penetrate up to Mimma, but is then overwhelmed and returned to Caruso. This from arguing that it was aware of it, that Mimma is in Germany, claiming that it would cost them € 100,000 ransom, the Barbu must match by mouth.

But Barbu misappropriates night at Caruso hide money, trying to get free Mimma to flee with her and the money. He is caught again and punished hard by Caruso. Julie intervenes and shoots Caruso. Julie and flee Barbu and want to free Mimma. Julie shoots Cardinal, but when she returns with Mimma to the car and Barbu, Caruso appears, shoots at Julie and wounded mortally. But Barbu and Mimma he lets go, and the two return to their home village.

Reviews

" Gloomy film in the form of a brutal tale, which portrays without hope on the exemplary example of a world and faced with smuggling, human trafficking and child prostitution. The contemporary " Oliver Twist " variant focuses on both the misery in Eastern Europe as well as the dark side of Western cities. "

Awards

• Bohemian lion in 2005 Best Actor
• Best camera work
• Best Music
• Best Sound