The costume drama “The Thieves' Ball” by the famous French playwright Jean Anouilh, which the author himself called a “comedy-ballet,” is very different from all his other works. A company of petty crooks destroys the tranquility of the resort town - the luckiest of them steals not only diamonds, but also the love of a local beauty. She has to make a choice between the criminal world and the world of high society.