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Title: The Book Thief (2013)
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
 | Roger Allam | ||
 | Sophie Nélisse | ||
 | Heike Makatsch |
Liesel's Mother
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 | Julian Lehmann |
Liesel's Brother
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| Gotthard Lange |
Grave Digger
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 | Rainer Reiners |
Priest
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 | Kirsten Block |
Frau Heinrich
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 | Geoffrey Rush | ||
 | Emily Watson | ||
| Nico Liersch | ||
 | Ludger Bökelmann |
Football Urchin
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| Paul Schaefer |
Football Urchin
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| Nozomi Linus Kaisar |
Fat Faced Goalie
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 | Oliver Stokowski | ||
| Robert Beyer |
Jewish Accountant
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In 1938, the young girl Liesel Meminger is traveling by train with her mother and her younger brother when he dies. Her mother buries the boy in a cemetery by the tracks and Liesel picks up a book, "The Gravediggers Handbook", which was left on the grave of her brother and brings it with her. Liesel is delivered to a foster family in a small town and later she learns that her mother left her because she is a communist. Her stepmother, Rosa Hubermann, is a rude but caring woman and her stepfather, Hans Hubermann, is a simple kind-hearted man. Liesel befriends her next door neighbor, the boy Rudy Steiner, and they go together to the school. When Hans discovers that Liesel cannot read, he teaches her using her book and Liesel becomes an obsessed reader. During a Nazi speech where the locals are forced to burn books in a bonfire, Liesel recovers one book for her and the Mayor's wife Ilsa Hermann witnesses her action. Meanwhile Hans hides the Jewish Max Vandenburg, who is the son of a ...Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Release Date:
26 February 2014 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Budget:
$19,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$105,005, 8 November 2013, Limited ReleaseGross USA:
$21,488,481Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$76,586,316Company Credits
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2.35 : 1
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Narrator: One small fact: you are going to die. Despite every effort, no one lives forever. Sorry to be such a spoiler. My advice is when the time comes, don't panic. It doesn't seem to help.
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Written by Emil Waldteufel (as Emile Waldteufel)
Performed by Edith Lorand Orchestra
Courtesy of Parlophone Records Limited UK
By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing
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Lisl is often called "Saumensch" ("bastard") by other people, her school friends and even by her "Mama". See more »Goofs
During the book-burning sequence, a cage-like sub-structure can be seen where the book props have burned away from their mound-shaped form. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Narrator: One small fact: you are going to die. Despite every effort, no one lives forever. Sorry to be such a spoiler. My advice is when the time comes, don't panic. It doesn't seem to help.
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HerbstweisenWritten by Emil Waldteufel (as Emile Waldteufel)
Performed by Edith Lorand Orchestra
Courtesy of Parlophone Records Limited UK
By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing
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Our hero, a little girl, has a compelling personal history. Her brother dies on the way of them being placed with foster parents. She also cannot read.
Her foster father becomes her natural ally when he teaches her to read. Then she is befriended by her neighbor, a little boy.
Added to the mix is that her foster parents hide a Jew. The little girl is drawn to him, especially after she learns her own mother, a Communist, most likely became a victim of the Nazis.
The Jewish young man furthers her education with reading and writing lessons. When he falls ill, she reads to him as a lifeline to keep him connected to living.
The historic context of this story is well documented with the Night of the Broken Glass and book burning.
This movie is a must- see for anyone like me who is compelled to learn about the human and historic drama of the Nazi era.