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The Book Thief 2013 Film | Sophie Nélisse, Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson

Updated: Mar 13, 2022



What's your review of the 2013 film the Book Thief? It's directed by Brian Percival, and stars Sophie Nelisse, Geoffrey Rush, and Emily Watson. #TheBookThief #SophieNelisse #GeoffreyRush Do you want to watch the Book Thief? Did you enjoy the full movie or just parts of it? Scroll down for more information!


ABOUT THE BOOK THIEF MOVIE


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Alternative titles (from Letterboxd): La Voleuse de livres, A Menina que Roubava Livros, Boktjuven, A könyvtolvaj, Złodziejka Książek, La ladrona de libros, やさしい本泥棒, Zlodejka knih, Die Bücherdiebin, Die Buecherdiebin


The Book Thief plot from IMDb: "While subjected to the horrors of World War II Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. In the basement of her home, a Jewish refugee is being protected by her adoptive parents."


The Book Thief trailer on IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0816442/


Directed by Brian Percival

Produced by Karen Rosenfelt, Ken Blancato

Written by Michael Petroni

Based on The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Music by John Williams

Cinematography: Florian Ballhaus

Edited by John Wilson

Production companies: Fox 2000 Pictures, Sunswept Entertainment, Studio Babelsberg, TSG Entertainment

Distributed by 20th Century Fox

Release date: October 3, 2013 (Mill Valley Film Festival), November 8, 2013 (United States)

Running time: 130 minutes

Budget: $19 million

Box office: $76.6 million


Cast and Characters:

Geoffrey Rush as Hans Hubermann, Liesel's kind-hearted foster father

Sophie Nélisse as Liesel Meminger, the titular "book thief"

Emily Watson as Rosa Hubermann, Liesel's bad-tempered foster mother

Nico Liersch as Rudy Steiner, Liesel's best friend and love interest

Ben Schnetzer as Max Vanderburg

Heike Makatsch as Liesel's mother

Barbara Auer as Ilsa Hermann, the Burgermeister's (mayor's) wife

Roger Allam as Death, the film's narrator

Sandra Nedeleff as Sarah

Hildegard Schroedter as Frau Becker

Rafael Gareisen as Walter Kugler, Max's best friend

Gotthard Lange as the gravedigger

Godehard Giese as the policeman on the train

Oliver Stokowski as Alex Steiner, Rudy's father

Levin Liam [de] as Franz Deutscher, bully and leader of Rudy's Hitler Youth squad

Carina Wiese as Barbara Steiner, Rudy's mother

Julian Lehmann as Werner Meminger, Liesel's Brother

Martin Ontrop as Herr Lehman, Jewish who got taken away and Hans stood up for


(Descriptions from Wikiepedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_Thief_(film))

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