The Book Thief (2013)

PG-1311/08/2013Drama2h 11m
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Courage beyond words.

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.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Geoffrey Rush

    Hans Hubermann

  2. Cast 1

    Sophie Nélisse

    Liesel Meminger

  3. Cast 1

    Emily Watson

    Rosa Hubermann

  4. Cast 1

    Nico Liersch

    Rudy Steiner

  5. Cast 1

    Ben Schnetzer

    Max Vandenburg

  6. Cast 1

    Heike Makatsch

    Liesel's mother

  7. Cast 1

    Barbara Auer

    Ilsa Hermann

  8. Cast 1

    Roger Allam

    Narrator / Death (voice)

  9. Cast 1

    Rainer Bock

    Bürgermeister Hermann

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...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$19,000,000.00

Revenue $76,586,316.00

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