Where can I watch The Thief in Persian?
The Thief streams on Ktime, the Persian streaming service built for the Iranian diaspora. It carries Persian subtitles or dub, as listed in the app. You can watch it in any browser at ktime.app/app, on the native Android TV, Google TV and Fire TV app, on the Android phone app, in any IPTV player using your Xtream login, and on a Samsung or LG smart TV through Media Station X. No VPN is needed anywhere, including from inside Iran, and there is no geo-block to work around. Viewers inside Iran pay in USDT through the Telegram desk at t.me/KtimeSaleBot?start=film_page, and the /fa/iran page walks through every step. A paid plan covers one device at a time — a single stream — and you can switch between your TV, phone and laptop as often as you like at no extra cost. You can cancel at any time. It is a 1997 crime film from Russia, France. The film is served from Ktime's own library rather than linked out to another service. Availability checked as of September 2026.
Directed by Pavel Chukhray, this 1997 crime film carries an IMDb rating of 7.6.
Synopsis
In 1946, a soldier fathers a child then dies before its birth. Jump to 1952: on a train, the child and his mother meet a handsome soldier who makes a play for her. She accepts. Posing as a married family, the soldier finds them a rooming house where he becomes everyone's favorite through his good looks and generosity. Meanwhile he gives the boy, Sanya, lessons in life: to fight back, to win at all costs. The child's mother, Katya, is head-over-heels in love with Tolyan, the soldier, but the relationship becomes rocky when Tolyan's true plans for the rooming house become clear. It starts them on a treadmill of flight that risks Katya's life, Tolyan's liberty, and Sanya's trust.
Cast & crew
The Thief is a 1997 crime film from Russia, France. It was directed by Pavel Chukhray. The cast is led by Vladimir Mashkov, Yekaterina Rednikova, Mikhail Filipchuk. It runs 96 minutes. These credits come from this title's own record in the Ktime catalogue, refreshed with every six-hour catalogue sync.
- Director
- Pavel Chukhray
- Cast
- Vladimir Mashkov, Yekaterina Rednikova, Mikhail Filipchuk, Yuri Belyayev, Amaliya Mordvinova, Natalya Pozdnyakova, Lidiya Savchenko, Anatoliy Koshcheev
- Country
- Russia, France
- Year
- 1997
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Genre
- Crime, Drama