The Thief Lord

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 Wee