Courage beyond words.
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.
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Grave, earnest, classical in form and contemplative.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
- resolvedopen-ended
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Cast
- Geoffrey RushHans Hubermann
- Emily WatsonRosa Hubermann
- Sophie NélisseLiesel Meminger
- Ben SchnetzerMax Vandenburg
- Nico LierschRudy Steiner
- Roger AllamNarrator / Death (voice)
- Barbara AuerIlsa Hermann
- Rainer BockMayor Hermann
- Heike MakatschLiesel's Mother
- Julian LehmannLiesel's Brother
Crew
- Brian PercivalDirector
- Michael PetroniScreenplay
- Markus ZusakNovel
- Florian BallhausDirector of Photography
- John WilliamsOriginal Music Composer
- John WilsonEditor
- Ken BlancatoProducer
- Karen RosenfeltProducer
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