The Thief Lord (film)

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The Thief Lord
Directed by Richard Claus
Produced by Richard Claus
Written by Cornelia Funke (novel)
Richard Claus
Daniel Musgrave
Starring Aaron Johnson
Jasper Harris
Alice Connor

Rollo Weeks

George Mackay
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Release date(s) 2006
Running time 98 min.
Country Luxembourg / U.K. / Germany
Language English
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The Thief Lord is a 2006 family movie directed by Richard Claus. It is a joint production of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Future Films Limited, Comet Film, and Thema Production. The film is distributed by Warner Brothers. The DVD was released on March 14, 2006, and the one disc-edition includes a theatrical trailer that ran in theaters in Europe and Mosca's cartoon from the movie itself.

The film is rated PG and runs for 98 minutes. It was nominated for the 2006 World Soundtrack Awards, with Original Music by Nigel Clarke and Michael Csányi-Wills. The screenplay was written by Richard Claus and Daniel Musgrave, based on the novel of the same title, by German author Cornelia Funke.

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[edit] Plot Summary

The tale follows five-year-old Bo (Jasper Harris) and twelve-year-old Prosper (Aaron Johnson), two recently orphaned brothers dumped in the care of a cruel aunt and uncle, who escape their impending separation by running off to Venice. Hiding in the canals and alleyways of the city, the boys are befriended by a gang of young urchins and their enigmatic masked leader, the Thief Lord (Rollo Weeks). From their home base of an old cinema theater, the children: Hornet (Alice Connor), Riccio (George MacKay) and Mosca (Lathaniel Dyer) steal from the rich to support themselves and soon capture the interest of a bumbling detective (Jim Carter). However, a greater threat to the children is something from a forgotten past: a beautiful magical treasure that can change the age of anyone who rides it.

[edit] Cast

  • Robert Bathurst as Dottore Massimo
  • Zak Davies as Baby Barbarossa
  • Vanessa Redgrave as Sister Antonia
  • Margaret Tyzack as Mother Superior
  • Roya Zargar as Maid (Dr Massimo)
  • Ann Overstall Comfort as Housekeeper
  • Chris Bearne as Newspaper Salesman
  • Arnita Swanson as Tour guide
  • Malcolm Turner as Chemist
  • Dani Linster as Babysitter
  • Massimo De Rossi as Barge Man
  • Lewis Crutch as Renzo (uncredited)
  • Mehran Khalili as Policeman (uncredited)

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