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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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Film Cast:
- Hans Hubermann: Geoffrey Rush
- Liesel Meminger: Sophie Nélisse
- Rosa Hubermann: Emily Watson
- Rudy Steiner: Nico Liersch
- Max Vandenburg: Ben Schnetzer
- Liesel’s mother: Heike Makatsch
- Ilsa Hermann: Barbara Auer
- Narrator / Death (voice): Roger Allam
- Bürgermeister Hermann: Rainer Bock
- Grave Digger: Gotthard Lange
- Priest: Rainer Reiners
- Frau Heinrich: Kirsten Block
- Liesel’s Brother: Julian Lehmann
- Football Urchin: Ludger Bökelmann
- Football Urchin: Paul Schalper
- Fat Faced Goalie: Nozomi Linus Kaisar
- Alex Steiner: Oliver Stokowski
- Jewish Accountant: Robert Beyer
- Frau Becker: Hildegard Schroedter
- Franz Deutscher: Levin Liam
- Max’s Mother: Sandra Nedeleff
- Walter, Nazi Soldier: Rafael Gareisen
- Jürgen the Groundsman: Carl Heinz Choynski
- Rolf Fischer: Mike Maas
- Gestapo Agent: Sebastian Hülk
- Wolfgang: Matthias Matschke
- Woman with Champagne: Beata Lehmann
- Neighbor: Laina Schwarz
- Neighbor: Marie Burchard
- Neighbor: Georg Tryphon
- Officer: Joachim Paul Assböck
- Herr Lehmann: Martin Ontrop
- Fellow Conscript: Jan Andres
- Post Woman: Stephanie Stremler
- Barbara Steiner: Carina Wiese
Film Crew:
- Original Music Composer: John Williams
- Editor: John Wilson
- Production Sound Mixer: Manfred Banach
- Casting: Simone Bär
- Producer: Karen Rosenfelt
- Director of Photography: Florian Ballhaus
- Costume Design: Anna B. Sheppard
- Executive Producer: Redmond Morris
- Stunt Coordinator: Antje Rau
- Dialect Coach: Barbara Berkery
- Set Designer: Katja Fischer
- Property Master: Axel Kahnt
- Standby Carpenter: Helko Klünder
- Special Effects Coordinator: Klaus Mielich
- Supervising Sound Editor: Glenn Freemantle
- Dialogue Editor: Gillian Dodders
- Sound Effects Editor: Ben Barker
- Music Editor: Ramiro Belgardt
- Supervising Art Director: Bill Crutcher
- Art Direction: Anja Müller
- Greensman: Rainer Kaufmann
- Dialogue Editor: R.J. Kizer
- Casting: Kate Dowd
- ADR Recordist: Peter Gleaves
- Writer: Michael Petroni
- Grip: Camilo Sottolichio
- Location Manager: Michael Herbell
- Unit Production Manager: Philipp Klausing
- Director: Brian Percival
- Producer: Ken Blancato
- Script Supervisor: Elizabeth West
- Set Decoration: Mark Rosinski
- Production Design: Simon Elliott
- Assistant Costume Designer: Maja Meschede
- Novel: Markus Zusak
- Art Direction: Jens Löckmann
- Costume Supervisor: Brigitte Friedländer-Rodriguez
- Visual Effects Producer: Kerstin Kensy
- Set Costumer: Theresa Anna Luther
- Makeup Department Head: Pamela Grujic
- Set Designer: Michael Fissneider
- Assistant Art Director: Esther Schreiner
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Niv Adiri
- Sound Effects Editor: Danny Freemantle
- Foley Recordist: Glen Gathard
- Foley Editor: Peter Hanson
- Sound Effects Editor: Eilam Hoffman
- Boom Operator: Helen McGovern
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Andy Nelson
- Boom Operator: Dirk Schäfer
- Visual Effects Supervisor: Florian Gellinger
- Visual Effects Supervisor: Jonathan Weber
- “A” Camera Operator: Florian Emmerich
- “B” Camera Operator: Nicolay Gutscher
- Costume Supervisor: Markus Ernst
- Set Costumer: Natascha Gotowtschikow
- Set Costumer: Sonja Greif
- Transportation Captain: Andreas Grasshoff
- Post Production Supervisor: Jeanette Haley
- Casting Assistant: Alexandra Montag
- Dialogue Editor: Emilie O’Connor
- Wigmaker: Alex Rouse
- Aerial Director of Photography: Adam Dale
- Scenic Artist: James Gemmill
- Scenic Artist: Russell Oxley
- Supervising Dialogue Editor: Nina Hartstone
- Dialogue Editor: Paul Apted
- Still Photographer: Jules Heath
- Gaffer: Janosch Voss
- Best Boy Electric: Thorsten Kosselek
- Digital Intermediate Editor: Jaime Leonard
- Dialect Coach: Elspeth Brodie
- Unit Publicist: Stacy Mann
- Set Dresser: Bülent Akgün
- Key Makeup Artist: Rachael Speke
- Wardrobe Supervisor: Daryl Bristow
- Set Decoration Buyer: Nane Cornelius
- Sound Recordist: Ryan Cole
- Costumer: Emma Rees
- Digital Intermediate: Kim Honeyman
- Digital Intermediate Colorist: Paul Ensby
- Associate Editor: Sascha Dhillon
- Assistant Property Master: Björn Holzhausen
- Special Effects Supervisor: Uli Nefzer
- Casting Assistant: Clare Harlow
- Assistant Art Director: Iris Paschedag
- Makeup Designer: Fae Hammond
- ADR Recordist: Bernhard Köpke
- Storyboard Artist: Raymond Boy
- Main Title Designer: Matt Curtis
- Assistant Sound Editor: Nick Freemantle
- 3D Artist: Alexander Schumann
- Digital Intermediate: Matt Adams
- Rigging Gaffer: Mathias Beier
- Aerial Coordinator: Lucia Foster Found
- ADR Recordist: Mike Tehrani
- Second Assistant “B” Camera: Jan Grunwald
- ADR Recordist: Dominik Avenwedde
- Set Painter: Dominik Reindl
- Makeup Artist: Marika Knappe
- Costumer: Nannette Schwarz
- Lighting Technician: Hinrich Peters
- Tailor: Jenny Dechene
- Tailor: Gabriele Klinke
- Second Assistant Director: Tom Rye
- Digital Imaging Technician: Dan Carling
- First Assistant “A” Camera: Peter Byrne
- Compositor: Natalie Meffert
- Visual Effects Technical Director: Andreas Bundenthal
- Special Effects Technician: Andreas Schiller
- Special Effects Technician: Rene Barthel
- First Assistant “B” Camera: Karim Rahmani
- Grip: Jaroslav Spana
- Production Secretary: Anna Klausing
- First Assistant Director: Ralph Eisenmann
- Art Department Assistant: Martin Berg
- Costumer: Julia Schädle
- Construction Manager: Uwe Schaer
- Best Boy Grip: Benjamin Anton
- Textile Artist: Jan Dieckmann
- Extras Casting Assistant: Patrick Winkler
- First Assistant Director: Phil Booth
- Grip: Arne Müller
- Standby Art Director: Lisa McDiarmid
- Visual Effects Technical Director: Andreas Giesen
- ADR Recordist: André Stiebe
- Unit Manager: Benedikt Bothe
- Draughtsman: Laura Bach
- Digital Imaging Technician: Maximilian Link
- Compositor: Markus Frank
- Painter: Eva-Maria Müller
- 3D Artist: Bernhard Esperester
- Second Second Assistant Director: Lisa Hauss
- Second Assistant “A” Camera: Abigail Catto
- Electrician: Maximilian Linus Dreusch
- Translator: Bárbara Morelos-Zaragoza
- Makeup Artist: Susanne Kasper
- Art Department Assistant: Johannes Maria Laboga
- Assistant Set Decoration: Tonja Schürmann
- Set Dresser: Sandra Wortmann
- Camera Trainee: Vicky Heienbrok
- Electrician: Sebastian Lindner
- Electrician: Thijs Wagelaar
- Electrician: Stephan Große
- Key Grip: Florian Prinz
- Costume Assistant: Dorothée Bach
- Costumer: Nana Seemann
- Tailor: Angelika Kauz
- Textile Artist: Gillian Wood
- Extras Casting Assistant: Christin Geigemüller
- Online Editor: Jeffery L. Parks
- ADR Recordist: Lora Tucci
- ADR Recordist: Alessandro Mongardini
- 3D Artist: Björn Kähler
- Compositor: Konstantin Borchert
- Compositor: Christoph Hasche
- Compositor: Petter Idestroem
- Compositor: Julia Kietzmann
- Compositor: Jan Piccart
- Compositor: Thorsten Scholz
- Compositor: Lonni Wong
- Compositing Lead: Oliver Hohn
- Compositing Lead: Rayk Schroeder
- Matte Painter: Andreas Wiget
- First Assistant Accountant: Geraint Jones
- Pilot: Heiner Borger
- Production Accountant: Bettina Brenner
- Production Assistant: Katrin Eser
- Production Assistant: Eral Kalender
- Production Assistant: Jessie Kerry
- Production Assistant: Sam Vester
- Production Assistant: Fabienne Zaumseil
- Production Coordinator: Christina Syring
- Set Production Assistant: Nils Brillat
- Set Production Assistant: Philipp Heintze
- Set Production Assistant: Moritz Kolf
- Set Production Assistant: Sebastian Luck
- Set Production Assistant: Carolina Ronzino
Movie Reviews:
- Gimly: 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 loungeroom, and asked me to tell her about what I’d just watched. And as I was explaining to her, or trying to, I very quickly realised, wait a minute… That was fuckin’ stupid!
_Final rating:★½: – Boring/disappointing. Avoid where possible._