The Thief Lord (2006)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.3/10   

Director:

Richard Claus

Escritores:

Richard Claus (screenplay)
Cornelia Funke (novel)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

5 enero 2006 (Alemania)

Género:

Aventura | Familia | Fantasía

Frase comercial:

Magic is just around the corner.

Plot:

A tale about two young boys, Prosper and Bo, who flee to Venice after being orphaned and dumped in the care of a cruel auntie...

Plot Keywords:

Thief | But This Is Ridiculous Joke | Brother Brother Relationship | Orphan | Nun

Premios:

1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Gives the book a bad name

Reparto

Aaron Johnson	...	Prosper
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
Bob Goody	...	Max Hartlieb
Geoffrey Hutchings	...	Conte
Anita Wright	...	Contessa
Poppy Rogers	...	Morosina
Robert Bathurst	...	Dottore Massimo

También conocida como:

Herr der Diebe (Alemania)
El príncipe de los ladrones (Spain) [es]

MPAA:

Rated PG for language and thematic elements.

Duración:

98 min

País:

Luxembourg | UK | Alemania

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

USA:PG | Brazil:10 | UK:PG | Ireland:PG | Germany:o.Al. | Singapore:PG | Australia:PG | Finland:K-7

Locaciones de Filmación:

Hamburg, Germany

Compañía:

Thema Production

Trivialidades:

Part of the exterior Venice scenes were actually filmed on a large set in Luxembourg.

Errores:

Errores que Revelan: At the end, when Mosca, Riccio, and Scipio are in the little boat. It first shows it as a red colored boat. Then in the next scene it's orange again.

Citas:

Scipio: Stubble!

Conexiones de Película:

References Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

Banda de Sonido:

Orphan Skies

Gives the book a bad name

I just want to say that I adore The Thief Lord book and when I found out they made a movie from it, I almost fainted with joy. The story's about little Bo and his older brother Prosper. Their mother died and they are placed under the care of their Aunt Esther and her husband. Aunt Esther only wants Bo because of his angel face and plans to place Prosper in a boarding school (it's an orphanage in the movie). The siblings refuses to be separated and runs away to Venice. There they meet Scipio (aka Thief Lord) and he offers them Stella, an old rundown theatre, as a home. There they meet other orphans like them: Hornet, Riccio, and Mosca.

Bo and Prosper's aunt and uncle goes to Venice and hires a detective named Victor to find them, because they knew how much the boys love Venice, from the stories their mother told them. There's a souvenir shop owner by the name of Barbarosso and the orphans sell the treasures that Scipio steals to him. Barbarosso has a costumer that wants something precious stolen and the Thief Lord accepts the job. It's a wooden wing that belongs to the merry-go-around of the Merciful Sisters, claimed to do magical wonders. If I continue, I'll spoil the delightful surprises.

After seeing it, I was disappointed. What happened to the characters? Where's the sparkle? The characters seem shallow comparing to the ones in the book. The movie really did stick to the plot of the book but it seems they were so obsessed in keeping the story line just right that they forgot the characters. Plus, the English accent was so thick that I had a hard time understanding what they were saying.

There are wonderful scenes in the movie that really shone forth. I love how Bo and Prosper met Scipio, the camera following him crawling on rooftops. The awesome escape the gang made after Victor found them in the Square. Victor and his mustache collection that he keeps inside his jacket. The beautiful mask shop.

Maybe I'm just too faithful to the book. This movie will be great for those people who haven't read it yet.