The Master Thief (2010)

Movie
Original title	The master thief
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	2010
length	60 minutes
Age rating	FSK o. A.
Rod
Director	Christian Theede
script	Dieter Bongartz , Leonie Bongartz
production	Thorsten Flassnöcker
music	Peter W. Schmitt
camera	Simon Schmejkal
cut	Andrea Wimmer
occupation
Max von Thun : Robert, the master thief Armin Rohde : Count Gustav Ann-Kathrin Kramer : Countess Greta Anna Hausburg : her daughter Josefine Hans Peter Korff : Professor Lichtenberg Fritz Roth : Pastor Rafael Andreas Schröders : Sexton Gabriel Katharina Wackernagel : Nele Gitta Schweighöfer : Mother Svea Dietmar Mues : Father Heinrich Mirko Lang : Soldier Knut

The Master Thief is a German fairy tale film by Christian Theede from 2010 . It is a remake of the fairy tale The Master Thief and was produced by Zieglerfilm Cologne on behalf of NDR / ARD in the ARD series Six in One Stroke .

action

“The plot is true to the original based on the Grimm fairy tale The Master Thief . But there are some additional scenes. "

An old man sat with his wife in front of his poor house. They just had the bare essentials for life.

A magnificently dressed gentleman - Robert, the master thief - rides up. When asked what they can do for him, he asks for a simple potato dish and then reveals himself to be their son, who ran away long ago. He gained his wealth by stealing. He returned because of his pregnant wife. Now he wants to face the count, he hopes for leniency because he is the count's godson.

The count welcomes the rich man with joy, but is very angry when the man reveals his wealth as stolen property and himself as a master thief and as Robert, the count's godchild.

The count (exasperated by his daughter) gives Robert three tasks:

1. He should steal his (guarded) horse from the stable.
2. He is supposed to steal his bed sheet and his wife's wedding ring.
3. He is supposed to steal the pastor and the sexton from the church.

If he masters these almost insoluble tasks, the count wants to give him freedom, respect and recognition.

With cunning and trickery - the Count has to laugh in amazement - Robert masters the three tasks.

1. He switches off the guards with an anesthetic and can steal the horse.
2. By deceiving the count - the count is shooting at a scarecrow - and his wife - Robert pretends to be the count - he succeeds in the second task.
3. By a trick, the pastor and sexton get into a sack. They think they are in heaven and they are brought to the courtyard.

The Count gives Robert his freedom and pays him his respect.

background

The film premiered on December 26, 2010.

The main location was the Wulfshagen estate in Schleswig-Holstein (municipality of Tüttendorf ). The master thief's house is in the Molfsee open-air museum , his parents' house in the Kiekeberg open-air museum . In Thomasburg near Lüneburg in Lower Saxony , the master thief steals the pastor and the sexton. The nature photographs were taken in the Steinbeck / Klütz area . All shoots were taken from May 31, 2010 to June 18, 2010.

Changes

Original:

1. ↑ In the original by the Brothers Grimm there is no pregnant wife.
2. ↑ In the original there is no count's daughter.
3. ↑ In the original, the count shoots a dead man.

An interpretation was also added to the original: Robert's upbringing failed, Robert and his father got into an argument and the former ran away from home. He searched and found his own way beyond social conventions but not without a code of honor. Now that the master thief is becoming a father himself, it was time to return home to resolve the dispute.
The three thefts become a master craftsman's examination, which is taken by his godfather, the count. The master thief manages to be accepted by his father for who he is. He's made it, and his parents can be proud of him. It is now time to become a father yourself.

Web links

• The master thief in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The master thief in the online film database
• The master thief at the Berlin-Brandenburg radio station

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The master thief at fernsehserien.de. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
2. ↑ rbb-online ( Memento of the original from June 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ^ Brothers Grimm - Der Meisterdieb 1000-maerchen.de, accessed on September 18, 2018.