The Book Thief (2013)

Directed by

Brian Percival

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

Germany, United States

Runtime

2h 11m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 4,544 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young girl in Nazi Germany is taken in by a German couple. She learns to read from her kind foster father and starts stealing books. She shares them with a Jewish man hidden in their home.

gentlepoignantsomberslow-pacedtenderresilientquietly intenseevocative

What happens

The Book Thief is a 2013 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. The film features a musical score by Oscar-winning composer John Williams. The Book Thief premiered at the Mill Valley Film Festival on October 3, 2013, and was released for general distribution in the United States on November 8, 2013. The film received mixed reviews upon its theatrical release with some reviewers praising its "fresher perspective on the war" and its focus on the "consistent thread of humanity" in the story, with other critics faulting the film's "wishful narrative". With a budget of $19 million, the film was successful at the box office, earning over $76 million. The Book Thief received Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations for its score. For her performance in the film, Sophie Nélisse won the Hollywood Film Festival Spotlight Award, the Satellite Newcomer Award, and the Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Performance by a Youth in a Lead or Supporting Role – Female. The film was released on Blu-ray and DVD on March 11, 2014. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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