The Children Thief (1991)

Although he was once a colonel in Argentina the principal character in this film is now a wealthy exile living in Paris with his beloved wife who has been unable to bear children To fill this void in their lives he feeds and clothes abandoned children raising them in his mansion as if they were his own As would never be the case in real life today in this fantasized story set in 1925 no one objects to this behavior and they live pleasantly and enjoyably together Things grow considerably more animated when a stage magician places his very attractive daughter in the colonels household which stirs a lively romantic interest from his boys and from the great man himself