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The Book Thief

Year:
Duration:
131 min
Genres:
Drama | War
IMDB rate:
7.6
Director:
Brian Percival
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 4 wins & 14 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 2013-11-27
Filming Locations: Berlin, Germany
Earnings
Opening Weekend: $4,864,861 (USA) (27 November 2013)
Gross: $21,483,154 (USA) (6 April 2014)
Cast
Actor
Character
Carina N. Wiese
Carina N. Wiese
The Book Thief
Julian Lehmann
Julian Lehmann
The Book Thief
Roger Allam
Narrator / Death (voice)
Sophie Nélisse
Liesel Meminger
Heike Makatsch
Liesel's Mother
Gotthard Lange
Grave Digger
Rainer Reiners
Priest
Kirsten Block
Frau Heinrich
Geoffrey Rush
Hans Hubermann
Emily Watson
Rosa Hubermann
Nico Liersch
Rudy Steiner
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
Ben Schnetzer
Max Vandenburg
Sandra Nedeleff
Max's Mother
Rafael Gareisen
Walter - Nazi Soldier
Carl Heinz Choynski
Jürgen the Groundsman
Rainer Bock
Bürgermeister Hermann
Barbara Auer
Ilsa Hermann
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
Jesse Owens
Himself (archive footage)
Godehard Giese
Policeman on Train (uncredited)
Adolf Hitler
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mike Maas
Rolf Fischer (uncredited)
Arnold Weglorz
Soldier Johann (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
Robert Sheehan (II) auditioned for the part of Max Vandenburg. The video with his reading leaked online.
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The first Hollywood film for director Brian Percival.
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One of the books that Liesel read to Max when he was sick is actually the book The Book Thief itself, containing the sentence: "what came to her then was the dustiness of the floor, the feeling that her clothes were more next to her than on her, and the sudden realisation that this would all be for nothing".
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Goofs
While in the basement, Hans comments that the snowman will not melt because "it's freezing down here," yet no character's breath can be seen in the air, despite the fact that all are breathing heavily.
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When Liesel is seeing Hans off at the train depot when he's been conscripted, she is standing several cars down from the engine, facing toward the front of the train as Hans steps aboard one of the passenger cars and we can see at least one other such car between his and the engine. The camera angle then changes and we see Liesel has not moved but as the train begins to move forward, she is beside the coal car.
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When Liesel is climbing in the window to steal books from the library, she knocks two books off the table. When she picks them up, the direction the books are facing changes between shots.
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Quotes
Liesel Meminger: Is that your book?
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Liesel Meminger: I'm not stealing, I'm borrowing.
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Rudy Steiner: You're hiding someone, aren't you?
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Faq
Q
What is the song from the international trailer?
A
This song is "Life" by Ludovico Einaudi and Daniel Hope from "In a Time Lapse"
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Photos from cast
Carina N. Wiese Julian Lehmann
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