Directed by:
Ivan FílaScreenplay:
Ivan FílaCinematography:
Vladimír SmutnýComposer:
Michael KocábCast:
Lazar Ristovski, Iakov Kultiasov, Katharina Thalbach, Paulus Manker, Oktay Özdemir, Birol Ünel, Werner Daehn, Heinz Hoenig, Imogen Kogge, Axel Neumann (more)Plots(1)
Two amateur circus kids from a poor Ukrainian village, ten-year-old Barbu and his older sister Mimma, are sold to a circus artist called Caruso who promises them a career in the West. Caruso smuggles them to Berlin and separates them from each other. Mimma is sold to prostitution, while Barbu is taught to snatch purses together with an older Albanian boy Marcel. Barbu finds out about Mimma's fate and decides to free her from the brothel. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Lazar Ristovski](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/143/058/143058929_2844a1.jpg)
Lazar Ristovski
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Underground (1995)
Casino Royale (2006)
Dobro ustimani mrtvaci (2005)
![Iakov Kultiasov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275298_baea93.jpg)
Iakov Kultiasov
Best movies:
V2. Escape from Hell (2021)
King of Thieves (2003)
![Katharina Thalbach](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/725/168725109_2hqsrd.jpg)
Katharina Thalbach
East Germany
Best movies:
Head Full of Honey (2014)
The Tin Drum (1979)
Sophie's Choice (1982)
![Paulus Manker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/307/158307303_451e6c.jpg)
Paulus Manker
Austria
Best movies:
Lemmings, Part 1 - Arcades (1979) (TV movie)
Benny's Video (1992)
The People vs. Fritz Bauer (2015)
![Oktay Özdemir](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/358/160358893_d32c7f.jpg)
Oktay Özdemir
Best movies:
A Friend of Mine (2006)
Tough Enough (2006)
King of Thieves (2003)
![Birol Ünel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273253_c24783.jpg)
Birol Ünel
Turkey
Best movies:
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
Head-On (2004)
Julie en juillet (2000)
![Werner Daehn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279460_0ec438.jpg)
Werner Daehn
West Germany
Best movies:
The Lives of Others (2006)
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
United (2011) (TV movie)
![Heinz Hoenig](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/063/160063086_c8cb67.jpg)
Heinz Hoenig
West Germany
Best movies:
The Boat (1981)
Herzlich willkommen (1990)
Knife in the Head (1978)
![Imogen Kogge](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/800/157800148_3472fe.jpg)
Imogen Kogge
Best movies:
Rencontres nocturnes (1999)
Barefoot (2005)
Russendisko (2012)
Axel Neumann
West Germany
Best movies:
Freedom (2000)
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
Me and Kaminski (2015)
Yasemin Bueyueksapci
Best movies:
King of Thieves (2003)
Alexandre Levit
Best movies:
Sous terre (2011)
King of Thieves (2003)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Manfred Witt
Best movies:
The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
King of Thieves (2003)
Viktor Benzler
Best movies:
King of Thieves (2003)
Dream Factory (2019)
Autoroute racer (2004)