The Thief Lord (film)

The Thief Lord
German theatrical release poster
Directed by	Richard Claus
Written by	Richard Claus Daniel Musgrave
Based on	The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke
Produced by	Richard Claus
Starring	Aaron Johnson Jasper Harris Alice Connor Rollo Weeks George MacKay
Cinematography	David Slama
Edited by	Peter R. Adam
Music by	Nigel Clarke Michael Csányi-Wills
Production companies	Thema Production Comet Film Produktion GmbH Delux Productions Future Films
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	5 January 2006 (2006-01-05) (Germany)
Running time	98 minutes
Countries	Luxembourg United Kingdom Germany
Language	English
Box office	$5,141,916[1]

The Thief Lord (German: Herr der Diebe) is a 2006 German-British family drama film written and directed by Richard Claus and co-written by Daniel Musgrave, based on the 2000 novel of the same title, by German author Cornelia Funke. It was a joint production of Warner Bros. Pictures, Future Films Limited, Comet Film, and Thema Production and is distributed by Warner Bros. under their Family Entertainment label.

The film follows two recently orphaned brothers, Bo (Jasper Harris) and Prosper (Aaron Johnson), dumped in the care of a cruel aunt and uncle, who escape their impending separation by running off to Venice. Hiding in the canals and alleyways of the city, the boys are befriended by a gang of young urchins and their enigmatic masked leader, the Thief Lord (Rollo Weeks).