Project Detail

Thief Lord

Name: Thief Lord
Director: Richard Claus
Genre: Literary Adaptation, Children’s
Released: 2006
Duration: 95 mins

Synopsis

A mysterious masked figure, a mix of Zorro and Robin Hood, flits over the roofs of the old city of Venice at night. He is the Thief Lord. An ancient merry-go-round with magical powers is hidden on an island in the lagoon of Venice. It can advance or reverse the age of its rider if the long-lost lion's wing is found and re-attached. The Thief Lord and his gang of ragamuffin child runaways find the wing and are drawn into a fantastic and spellbinding adventure that will leave them all changed forever.

Details

Year: 2006
Type of project: Features
Running time: 95 mins
Format: 35mm
Director: Richard Claus 1st Feature
Producer: Kwesi Dickson, Daniel Musgrave
Co-Producer: Kwesi Dickson, Daniel Musgrave
Editor: Peter R. Adam
Screenwriter: Richard Claus, Daniel Musgrave. Novel by Cornelia Funke
Director of Photography: David Slama
Sound: Hubert Bartholomae
Composer: Nigel Clarke, Michael Csanyi-Wills
Principal cast: Jim Carter, Caroline Goodall, Rollo Weeks, Aaron Johnson, George Mackay, Jasper Harris, Alice Connor, Lathaniel Dyer, Carole Boyd, Bob Goody, Robert Bathurst , Alexei Sayle, Vanessa Redgrave

Genre

Literary Adaptation Children’s

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Comet Films (Netherlands)

T+31 20 589 6060

rclaus@cometstone.com

Sales Company

Arclight Films (Australia)

T+61 2 9955 8825

gary@arclightfilms.com

Visit Website

www.arclightfilms.com

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