The Book Thief (2013)

131 min · Anti-War Film, Drama, drama film, war film

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Directors

Brian Percival

Cast

Sophie Nélisse, Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson, Ben Schnetzer, Nico Liersch, Oliver Stokowski, Barbara Auer, Heike Makatsch, Julian Lehmann

The story

In Nazi Germany, Liesel Meminger is sent to live with her foster parents Hans and Rosa Hubermann in the town of Molching during World War II. After stealing The Grave Digger’s Handbook at her brother's funeral, Liesel develops a love of reading, encouraged by Hans, who teaches her to read. She befriends her neighbour Rudy Steiner and joins the Hitler Youth, though she grows disillusioned with the regime.

Catalogue themes and tags

1940s, Accordian, Bomb Alarm, Book, Book Burning, Cellar, Deportation, Foster Family, Friends, Geheimnisse, Germany, Humanity, Juden, Learn to read, Leiche verstecken, Library, Loss of Family, NS-Zeit, Reading, Tod des Geliebten, Verlust des Bruders

Genres

Anti-War Film, Drama, drama film, war film

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