The Book Thief

2013 131 min ★ 7.5 Drama

While subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in her home, a Jewish refugee is being sheltered by her adoptive parents.

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Cast

Geoffrey Rush

Hans Hubermann

Emily Watson

Rosa Hubermann

Sophie Nélisse

Liesel Meminger

Ben Schnetzer

Max Vandenburg

Nico Liersch

Rudy Steiner

Roger Allam

Narrator / Death (voice)

Barbara Auer

Ilsa Hermann

Rainer Bock

Mayor Hermann

Heike Makatsch

Liesel's Mother

Julian Lehmann

Liesel's Brother

Details

Director

Brian Percival

Screenplay

Michael Petroni

Tagline

"Courage beyond words."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$19,000,000

Revenue

$76,586,316

Production

Studio Babelsberg, Fox 2000 Pictures, Sunswept Entertainment

Reviews

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Gimly

May 19, 2020

★ 3/10

As I was watching _The Book Thief_ I spent most of the time thinking "That was an odd decision to make" but I did also have the thought process "I'm not digging this really, it's not for me, but it's not bad. Like a 5 outta 10 or something". But during the credits, my roommate who was working from home because of the COVID-19 quarantine decided she was done for the day and came out into the lounge...