The Painter and the Thief

7.3
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 102 min
  • Premiere: 2020. September 5.

When two of artist Barbora Kysilkova’s most valuable paintings are stolen from a gallery at Frogner in Oslo, the police are able to find the thief after a few days, but the paintings are nowhere to be found. Barbora goes to the trial in hopes of finding clues, but instead she ends up asking the thief if she can paint a portrait of him. This will be the start of a very unusual friendship. Over three years, the cinematic documentary follows the incredible story of the artist looking for her stolen paintings, while at the same time turning the thief into art.

Discover

Barbora Kysilkova

Herself / The Painter

Karl-Bertil Nordland

Himself / The Thief

Camera

Kristoffer Kumar

Director of Photography

Benjamin Ree

Director of Photography

Directing

Benjamin Ree

Director

Editing

Production

Morgan Neville

Executive Producer

Ingvil Giske

Producer

Sound

Svenn Jakobsen

Sound Designer

Simon Ellegaard

Sound Mixer

Uno Helmersson

Original Music Composer

Writing

Camera

Kristoffer Kumar

Director of Photography

Benjamin Ree

Director of Photography

Directing

Benjamin Ree

Director

Editing

Production

Morgan Neville

Executive Producer

Ingvil Giske

Producer

Sound

Svenn Jakobsen

Sound Designer

Simon Ellegaard

Sound Mixer

Uno Helmersson

Original Music Composer

Writing