The Book Thief
Courage beyond words.
2013 | 131m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Brian Percival |
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| Writer: | Markus Zusak, Michael Petroni |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 08, 2013 |
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| Director: | Brian Percival |
| Writer: | Markus Zusak, Michael Petroni |
| Genres: | Drama |
| Keywords | world war ii, nazi, children in wartime, based on young adult novel |
| Production Companies | Studio Babelsberg, Fox 2000 Pictures, Sunswept Entertainment |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $76,586,316
Budget: $19,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 10, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
![The Book Thief | Official Trailer (International Version) [HD] | 20th Century FOX](/extra_thumbs/38K6u_z5Gug.jpg)
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| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Julian Lehmann | Liesel's Brother |
| 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 |
| Sandra Nedeleff | Max's Mother |
| Rafael Gareisen | Walter, Nazi Soldier |
| Carl Heinz Choynski | Jürgen the Groundsman |
| Mike Maas | Rolf Fischer |
| 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 |
| Carina Wiese | Barbara Steiner |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Mark Rosinski | Set Decoration |
| Anja Müller | Art Direction |
| Klaus Mielich | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Andreas Grasshoff | Transportation Captain |
| Brigitte Friedländer-Rodriguez | Costume Supervisor |
| Pamela Grujic | Makeup Department Head |
| Kerstin Kensy | Visual Effects Producer |
| Jonathan Weber | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Helen McGovern | Boom Operator |
| Esther Schreiner | Assistant Art Director |
| Danny Freemantle | Sound Effects Editor |
| Markus Ernst | Costume Supervisor |
| Alex Rouse | Wigmaker |
| Jules Heath | Still Photographer |
| Theresa Anna Luther | Set Costumer |
| Stacy Mann | Unit Publicist |
| Janosch Voss | Gaffer |
| Russell Oxley | Scenic Artist |
| Michael Herbell | Location Manager |
| Gillian Dodders | Dialogue Editor |
| Emilie O'Connor | Dialogue Editor |
| Fae Hammond | Hair Designer, Makeup Designer |
| Rachael Speke | Key Hair Stylist, Key Makeup Artist |
| Susanne Kasper | Makeup Artist |
| Ralph Eisenmann | First Assistant Director |
| Lisa Hauss | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Simon Elliott | Production Design |
| Kate Dowd | Casting |
| Jens Löckmann | Art Direction |
| Niv Adiri | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Ben Barker | Sound Effects Editor |
| Antje Rau | Stunt Coordinator |
| Natascha Gotowtschikow | Set Costumer |
| Katja Fischer | Set Designer |
| Sonja Greif | Set Costumer |
| Jeanette Haley | Post Production Supervisor |
| Ramiro Belgardt | Music Editor |
| Dirk Schäfer | Boom Operator |
| Eilam Hoffman | Sound Effects Editor |
| Elizabeth West | Script Supervisor |
| Florian Gellinger | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Michael Fissneider | Set Designer |
| Bill Crutcher | Supervising Art Director |
| Thorsten Kosselek | Best Boy Electric |
| Elspeth Brodie | Dialect Coach |
| James Gemmill | Scenic Artist |
| Barbara Berkery | Dialect Coach |
| Adam Dale | Aerial Director of Photography, Helicopter Camera |
| Paul Apted | Dialogue Editor |
| Marika Knappe | Makeup Artist |
| Phil Booth | First Assistant Director |
| Tom Rye | Second Assistant Director |
| Martin Berg | Art Department Assistant |
| Iris Paschedag | Assistant Art Director |
| Tonja Schürmann | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Laura Bach | Draughtsman |
| Johannes Maria Laboga | Art Department Assistant |
| Björn Holzhausen | Assistant Property Master |
| Uwe Schaer | Construction Manager |
| Eva-Maria Müller | Painter |
| Bülent Akgün | Set Dresser |
| Dominik Reindl | Set Painter |
| Helko Klünder | Standby Carpenter |
| Florian Emmerich | "A" Camera Operator |
| Vicky Heienbrok | Camera Trainee |
| Maximilian Link | Digital Imaging Technician |
| Sebastian Lindner | Electrician |
| Stephan Große | Electrician |
| Karim Rahmani | First Assistant "B" Camera |
| Camilo Sottolichio | Grip |
| Florian Prinz | Key Grip |
| Mathias Beier | Rigging Gaffer |
| Jan Grunwald | Second Assistant "B" Camera |
| Dorothée Bach | Costume Assistant |
| Nannette Schwarz | Costumer |
| Nana Seemann | Costumer |
| Angelika Kauz | Tailor |
| Jan Dieckmann | Textile Artist |
| Daryl Bristow | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Alexandra Montag | Casting Assistant |
| Patrick Winkler | Extras Casting Assistant |
| Matt Adams | Digital Intermediate |
| Jaime Leonard | Digital Intermediate Editor |
| Jeffery L. Parks | Online Editor |
| Dominik Avenwedde | ADR Recordist |
| Peter Gleaves | ADR Recordist |
| Alessandro Mongardini | ADR Recordist |
| Nick Freemantle | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Glen Gathard | Foley Recordist |
| Ryan Cole | Sound Recordist |
| Nina Hartstone | Supervising Dialogue Editor, Supervising ADR Editor |
| Rene Barthel | Special Effects Technician |
| Bernhard Esperester | 3D Artist |
| Alexander Schumann | 3D Artist |
| Markus Frank | Compositor |
| Petter Idestroem | Compositor |
| Thorsten Scholz | Compositor |
| Oliver Hohn | Compositing Lead |
| Andreas Wiget | Matte Painter |
| Andreas Giesen | Visual Effects Technical Director |
| Geraint Jones | First Assistant Accountant |
| Heiner Borger | Pilot |
| Katrin Eser | Production Assistant |
| Jessie Kerry | Production Assistant |
| Fabienne Zaumseil | Production Assistant |
| Anna Klausing | Production Secretary |
| Philipp Heintze | Set Production Assistant |
| Sebastian Luck | Set Production Assistant |
| Bárbara Morelos-Zaragoza | Translator |
| Philipp Klausing | Unit Production Manager |
| Nane Cornelius | Set Decoration Buyer |
| Sandra Wortmann | Set Dresser |
| Lisa McDiarmid | Standby Art Director |
| Raymond Boy | Storyboard Artist |
| Nicolay Gutscher | "B" Camera Operator |
| Benjamin Anton | Best Boy Grip |
| Dan Carling | Digital Imaging Technician |
| Maximilian Linus Dreusch | Electrician |
| Thijs Wagelaar | Electrician |
| Peter Byrne | First Assistant "A" Camera |
| Arne Müller | Grip |
| Jaroslav Spana | Grip |
| Hinrich Peters | Lighting Technician |
| Abigail Catto | Second Assistant "A" Camera |
| Maja Meschede | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Emma Rees | Costumer |
| Julia Schädle | Costumer |
| Jenny Dechene | Tailor |
| Gabriele Klinke | Tailor |
| Gillian Wood | Textile Artist |
| Clare Harlow | Casting Assistant |
| Christin Geigemüller | Extras Casting Assistant |
| Sascha Dhillon | Associate Editor |
| Paul Ensby | Digital Intermediate Colorist |
| Kim Honeyman | Digital Intermediate |
| Lora Tucci | ADR Recordist |
| Bernhard Köpke | ADR Recordist |
| Mike Tehrani | ADR Recordist |
| André Stiebe | ADR Recordist |
| Peter Hanson | Foley Editor |
| Uli Nefzer | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Andreas Schiller | Special Effects Technician |
| Björn Kähler | 3D Artist |
| Konstantin Borchert | Compositor |
| Christoph Hasche | Compositor |
| Julia Kietzmann | Compositor |
| Jan Piccart | Compositor |
| Lonni Wong | Compositor |
| Rayk Schroeder | Compositing Lead |
| Andreas Bundenthal | Visual Effects Technical Director |
| Lucia Foster Found | Aerial Coordinator |
| Bettina Brenner | Production Accountant |
| Eral Kalender | Production Assistant |
| Sam Vester | Production Assistant |
| Christina Syring | Production Coordinator |
| Nils Brillat | Set Production Assistant |
| Moritz Kolf | Set Production Assistant |
| Carolina Ronzino | Set Production Assistant |
| Benedikt Bothe | Unit Manager |
| Axel Kahnt | Property Master |
| Nathaniel De'Lineadeus | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Brian Percival | Director |
| Markus Zusak | Novel |
| John Williams | Original Music Composer |
| John Wilson | Editor |
| Anna B. Sheppard | Costume Design |
| Michael Petroni | Writer |
| Glenn Freemantle | Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer |
| Andy Nelson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Simone Bär | Casting |
| R.J. Kizer | Dialogue Editor |
| Manfred Banach | Production Sound Mixer |
| Matt Curtis | Main Title Designer |
| Peter Burgis | Foley Artist |
| Natalie Meffert | Digital Compositor |
| Florian Ballhaus | Director of Photography |
| Chris Lyons | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Ken Blancato | Producer |
| Redmond Morris | Executive Producer |
| Karen Rosenfelt | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 25 | 33 | 20 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 905 | 905 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 636 | 657 |
Ruuz
3.0
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 h ... ome 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._
Jun 23, 2021