The Book Thief is a 2013 World War II war drama film directed by Brian Percival and starring Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson, and Sophie Nélisse. The film is based on the 2005 novel of the same name by Markus Zusak and adapted by Michael Petroni. The film is about a young girl living with her adoptive German family during the Nazi era. Taught to read by her kind-hearted foster father, the girl begins "borrowing" books and sharing them with the Jewish refugee being sheltered by her foster parents in their home.
Cast[]
- Roger Allam - Narrator / Death (voice)
- Sophie Nélisse - Liesel Meminger
- Heike Makatsch - Liesel's Mother
- Julian Lehmann - Liesel's Brother
- 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 Kugler
- Carl Heinz Choynski - Jürgen the Groundsman
- Carina N. Wiese - Barbara Steiner (as Carina Wiese)
- Rainer Bock - Bürgermeister Hermann
- Barbara Auer - Ilsa Hermann
- Sebastian Hülk - Gestapo Agent
- Beata Lehmann - Woman with Champagne
- Matthias Matschke - Wolfgang
- 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
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
- Jesse Owens - Himself (archive footage)
- Godehard Giese - Policeman on Train (uncredited)
- Adolf Hitler - Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Mike Maas - Rolf Fischer (uncredited)
- Norbert Mesmer - Stranger (uncredited)
- Arnold Weglorz - Soldier Johann (uncredited)
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