Movie
The Book Thief
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2013-11-08
- Runtime
- 131 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Studio Babelsberg, Fox 2000 Pictures, Sunswept Entertainment
- Country
- Germany, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Geoffrey Rush as Hans Hubermann
- Sophie Nélisse as Liesel Meminger
- Emily Watson as Rosa Hubermann
- Nico Liersch as Rudy Steiner
- Ben Schnetzer as Max Vandenburg
- Heike Makatsch as Liesel's mother
- Barbara Auer as Ilsa Hermann
- Roger Allam as Narrator / Death (voice)
- Rainer Bock as Mayor Hermann
- Gotthard Lange as Grave Digger
- Rainer Reiners as Priest
- Kirsten Block as Mrs. Heinrich
Crew
- Brian Percival - Director
- Michael Petroni - Writer
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