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The Book Thief

Name: The Book Thief
Genre: Drama
Released: 2013-11-08
Duration: 131 min
Rating: 7.492

★ 7,5 /10 (4,563 Votes)

2013 EN 131 min

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.

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Release date

08/11/2013

Votes

4,563

Popularity

8.2

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Genres

Drama

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

131 min

Budget

$19,000,000

Revenue

$76,586,316

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

Mayor Hermann

Gotthard Lange

Grave Digger

Rainer Reiners

Priest

Kirsten Block

Mrs. Heinrich

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Julian Lehmann

Liesel's Brother

Ludger Bökelmann

Football Urchin

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Paul Schaefer

Football Urchin

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Nozomi Linus Kaisar

Fat Faced Goalie

Oliver Stokowski

Alex Steiner

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Robert Beyer

Jewish Accountant

Hildegard Schroedter

Ms. Becker

Levin Liam

Franz Deutscher

Sandra Nedeleff

Max's Mother

Rafael Gareisen

Walter

Carl Heinz Choynski

Jürgen the Groundsman

Mike Maas

Rolf Fischer

Sebastian Hülk

Gestapo Agent

Matthias Matschke

Wolfgang

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Beata Lehmann

Woman with Champagne

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Laina Schwarz

Neighbor

Marie Burchard

Neighbor

Georg Tryphon

Neighbor

Joachim Paul Assböck

Officer

Martin Ontrop

Mr. Lehmann

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Jan Andres

Fellow Conscript

Stephanie Stremler

Post Woman

Carina Wiese

Barbara Steiner

Original Soundtrack

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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: - Bor…

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