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Summary

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.

Cast

Geoffrey Rush

Hans Hubermann

Sophie Nélisse

Liesel Meminger

Emily Watson

Rosa Hubermann

Nico Liersch

Rudy Steiner

Ben Schnetzer

Max Vandenburg

Heike Makatsch

Liesel's mother

Barbara Auer

Ilsa Hermann

Roger Allam

Narrator / Death (voice)

Rainer Bock

Bürgermeister Hermann

Gotthard Lange

Grave Digger

Rainer Reiners

Priest

Kirsten Block

Frau Heinrich

Julian Lehmann

Liesel's Brother

Ludger Bökelmann

Football Urchin

Paul Schaefer

Football Urchin

Nozomi Linus Kaisar

Fat Faced Goalie

Oliver Stokowski

Alex Steiner

Robert Beyer

Jewish Accountant

Hildegard Schroedter

Frau Becker

Levin Liam

Franz Deutscher

Sandra Nedeleff

Max's Mother

Rafael Gareisen

Walter, Nazi Soldier

Carl Heinz Choynski

Jürgen the Groundsman

Mike Maas

Rolf Fischer

Sebastian Hülk

Gestapo Agent

Matthias Matschke

Wolfgang

Beata Lehmann

Woman with Champagne

Laina Schwarz

Neighbor

Marie Burchard

Neighbor

Georg Tryphon

Neighbor

Joachim Paul Assböck

Officer

Martin Ontrop

Herr Lehmann

Jan Andres

Fellow Conscript

Stephanie Stremler

Post Woman

Carina Wiese

Barbara Steiner

Crew

Director

Brian Percival

Novel

Markus Zusak

Writer

Michael Petroni

Reviews

Ruuz

May 19, 2020

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._