Max Zihlmann was one of the most outstanding screenwriters of German-language cinema and television. The Thief was a film school exercise, long believed lost and only recently found again. The first of only a few attempts at directing, it encapsulates Zihlmann’s laid back attitude to life!
– Olaf Möller
Film details
Country of production
United Kingdom
Year
1958
Festival edition
IFFR 2024
Length
4'
Medium/Format
DCP
Language
no dialogue
Premiere status
None
Director
Max Zihlmann, Warner Borregaard
Screenplay
Max Zihlmann, Warner Borregaard
Production company
London Film School
Sales / World rights holder
Werkstattkino
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