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Thief Lord

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

Categories

Fiction

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

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