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The Thief Lord (2006)
Front Cover Actor
Aaron Johnson (III)
Jasper Harris Bo
Rollo Weeks Scipio
Alice Connor Hornet
George MacKay Riccio
Lathaniel Dyer Mosca
Jim Carter Victor
Caroline Goodall Ida
Alexei Sayle Barbarossa
Carole Boyd Esther Hartlieb
Aaron Johnson Prosper
Movie Details
Genre Adventure; Family; Fantasy
Director Richard Claus
Producer Richard Claus
Writer Richard Claus; Cornelia Funke
Language English
Audience Rating PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Running Time 99 mins
Country Luxembourg
Color Color
IMDb Rating 6.3
Plot
The Thief Lord is a blend of Dickensian adventure and Harry Potter magic, an exciting adaptation of a popular novel by Cornelia Funke. A pair of orphaned and separated brothers, Prosper (Aaron Johnson) and Bo (Jasper Harris), escape their dreary homes in England and flee to Venice, Italy. On their first, frightening night there, they find sanctuary with the Thief Lord (Rollo Weeks), a masked, 16-year-old boy who gives them, along with a gaggle of other orphans, shelter in a shuttered movie theater. Living on the spoils of the Thief Lord's nightly raids of the rich, the kids become a happy, self-sufficient family that only has to stay out of the clutches of police and a nosy private detective (Jim Carter). But things change when a strange, elderly pair ask the kids to steal a strange object--a hunk of wood carved into the shape of a wing--for a lot of cash. What follows is completely unexpected, wildly imaginative, mysterious, and a lot of fun. The story has a way of sticking with one long after the film is over. With a cameo by Vanessa Redgrave, and loads of gorgeous exteriors of sunny Venice. Directed by Richard Claus, producer of The Little Vampire. --Tom Keogh
Personal Details
Seen It Yes
Index 413
Collection Status In Collection
Links Amazon US
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Product Details
Format DVD
Region Region 1
Screen Ratio 1.33:1
UPC (Barcode) 024543229773
Release Date 3/14/2006
Subtitles English; Spanish
Nr of Disks/Tapes 1