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. Caruso smuggles them to Berlin and separates them from each other. Mimma is sold to prostitution, while Barbu is taught to snatch purses together with an older Albanian boy Marcel. Barbu finds out about Mimma’s fate and decides to free her from the brothel. |
||
Ratings: | IMDB: 7.1/10 | |
Released: | February 19, 2004 | |
Runtime: | 101 min | |
Genres: | Drama | |
AKA: | König der Diebe | |
Countries: | Slovakia Czechia Slovenia Netherlands Austria Belgium Germany France | |
Companies: | Arte France Cinéma Charlie's Bratislava In Film Praha ZDF Charlie's Bratislava In Film Praha Ivan Fila Filmproduktion Lichtblick Film- und Fernsehproduktion (I) MACT Productions wega film vienna ARTE France Cinéma | |
Cast: | Katharina Thalbach Lazar Ristovski Iakov Kultiasov Julia Khanverdieva | |
Crew: | Ivan Fíla | |
DownrightDebonaire : Yes and no. I was introduced to the show by someone who wasn't into Sci-Fi. They describ...