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The Book Thief (2013)

PG-13 131 minutes EN Drama

Courage beyond words.

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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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

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Simon Elliott

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John Williams

Original Music Composer

Anna B. Sheppard

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Florian Ballhaus

Director of Photography

John Wilson

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Jens Löckmann

Art Direction

Mark Rosinski

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Anja Müller

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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: - Boring/disappointing. Avoid where possible._

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Production companies: Studio Babelsberg, Fox 2000 Pictures, Sunswept Entertainment

Production countries: Germany, United States of America

Revenue: $76,586,316

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PG-13 (Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Films given this rating may contain sexual content, brief or partial nudity, some strong language and innuendo, humor, mature themes, political themes, terror and/or intense action violence. However, bloodshed is rarely present. This is the minimum rating at which drug content is present.)

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