Thief (engl. OF)

In the organizer's words:

Director: Michael Mann | USA 1981 | 123 min | DCP | English original version | with James Caan, Tuesday Weld, Robert Prosky

Frank is a professional jewel thief who has just been released from prison. He longs for stability, love and a future together with Jessie. But the world he lives in makes a fresh start almost impossible. When the lucrative opportunity for one last big score presents itself, Frank is drawn deeper and deeper into a violent underworld. Thief establishes themes and stylistic signatures that Mann would return to again and again throughout his career. Frank is an early prototype of the men who characterize Mann's cinema - from Neil McCauley in Heat to Vincent in Collateral - characters who adhere to personal codes rather than conventional moral standards. At the same time, the film establishes Mann's unmistakable visual style, characterized by rain-soaked cityscapes, neon-lit nights and a precise attention to sequences and processes. In Thief, the signature of a filmmaker with a singular and enduring vision is already apparent.
Loan of the film print with the kind support of Werkstattkino.

Supporting film: Kneecam No. 1 Director: Matthias Fritsch | Germany 2001 | 4 min | HD Video | Without dialog

What can we say... It's the Techno Viking! But what does it have to do with the HfG, some may ask. The answer is just a click away.

Film copy from the collection of the Kino im Blauen Salon (HfG KA)

Click here for the screening:
https://kinoimblauensalon.de/de/events/thief-2026-05-29

Price information:

Free admission | Donation requested