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The Book Thief
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.
2013 · Directed by Brian Percival · 131 min · Drama · 18 frames
Tagline
Courage beyond words.
Crew
- Screenplay: Michael Petroni
- Cinematography: Florian Ballhaus
- Edited by: John Wilson
- Music: John Williams
- Production design: Simon Elliott
- Produced by: Ken Blancato, Karen Rosenfelt
Cast
- Geoffrey Rush as Hans Hubermann
- Emily Watson as Rosa Hubermann
- Sophie Nélisse as Liesel Meminger
- Ben Schnetzer as Max Vandenburg
- Nico Liersch as Rudy Steiner
- Roger Allam as Narrator / Death (voice)
- Barbara Auer as Ilsa Hermann
- Rainer Bock as Mayor Hermann
- Heike Makatsch as Liesel's Mother
- Julian Lehmann as Liesel's Brother
Production
- Country: Germany, United States of America
- Language: English, German
- Studios: Studio Babelsberg, Fox 2000 Pictures, Sunswept Entertainment
- Budget: $19,000,000
- Box office: $76,586,316
- Themes: based on novel or book, nazi, world war ii, children in wartime, based on young adult novel
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