The Thief Lord (film)

The Thief Lord is a 2006 BritishGerman family film 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 discedition includes a theatrical trailer that ran in theaters in Europe and Moscas cartoon from the film itself.

When Prosper and Bonifaces parents die, their aunt Esther attempts to adopt the younger brother, an adorable fiveyearold who eventually turns six as the movie progresses, named Bo Jasper Harris. She plans to send twelveyearold Prosper Aaron Johnson away to boarding school. However, before they can separate the two boys Prosper takes Bo to Venice, the magical city about which their mother often told stories.Once in Venice, the boys live on the streets, and the money Prosper brought quickly runs out. Bo becomes ill and Prosper is forced to resort to stealing cough medicine from a pharmacy. The boys are nearly caught and lose the rest of their food, but are rescued by the mysterious Thief Lord Rollo Weeks. The Thief Lord, a maskwearing teenager whose name is Scipio, invites the boys to come with him to his hideout, an abandoned movie theatre called the Stella. The Stella is also home to three orphaned children Scipio has rescued Hornet Alice Connor, Riccio George MacKay and Mosca Lathaniel Dyer. They steal from stores and Venices wealthy tourists, but the majority of their money comes from Scipio, who goes on mysterious raids and always brings back treasures. Unfortunately, Barbarossa the sleazy antique dealer the children have to sell their stolen goods to always cheats the children. Bo brags that Prosper is great at selling things and Prosper ends up getting Barbarossa to quintuple his asking price. Barbarossa tells Riccio and Prosper there is a client who needs something stolen and is willing to pay big money for it. ........

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