Movie · Drama · War & Military

Based on the beloved best-selling book comes an "extremely moving" (Leonard Maltin, Indiewire) story of a girl who transforms the lives of those around her during Wold War II, Germany. When her mother can no longer care for her, Liesel (Sophie Nélisse) is adopted by a German couple (Oscar® Winner Geoffrey Rush* and Oscar® Nominee Emily Watson). Although she arrives illiterate, Liesel is encouraged to learn to read by her adoptive father. When the couple then takes un Max (Ben Schnetzer), a Jew hiding from Hitler's army, Liesel befriends him. Ultimately, words and imagination provide the friends with an escape from the events unfolding around them in this extraordinary, acclaimed film directed by Brian Percival (Downtown Abbey).

2014 · 2h 11m
Director Brian Percival

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The Book Thief

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Based on the beloved best-selling book comes an "extremely moving" (Leonard Maltin, Indiewire) story of a girl who transforms the lives of those around her during Wold War II, Germany. When her mother can no longer care for her, Liesel (Sophie Nélisse) is adopted by a German couple (Oscar® Winner Geoffrey Rush* and Oscar® Nominee Emily Watson). Although she arrives illiterate, Liesel is encouraged to learn to read by her adoptive father. When the couple then takes un Max (Ben Schnetzer), a Jew hiding from Hitler's army, Liesel befriends him. Ultimately, words and imagination provide the friends with an escape from the events unfolding around them in this extraordinary, acclaimed film directed by Brian Percival (Downtown Abbey).

TOMATOMETER
Average 5.8
Reviews 149
Fresh 75
Rotten 74

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Studio
20th Century Fox
Released
2014
Run Time
2 hr 11 min
Rated
PG
Regions of Origin
United States, Germany
© 2013 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All rights reserved.

Languages

Original Audio
English, English (United Kingdom), German
Audio

English (United States) (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩, AAC), French (France) (AAC), Spanish (Spain) (AAC)

Subtitles

English (United States) (CC), Arabic , Bulgarian , Cantonese, Traditional , Chinese, Simplified , Chinese, Traditional , Croatian , Czech , Danish , Dutch , Finnish , French (France) , German (Germany) , Greek , Hebrew , Hindi , Hungarian , Icelandic , Indonesian , Italian (Italy) , Korean , Malay , Norwegian , Polish , Portuguese (Portugal) , Russian , Serbian (Latin) , Slovak , Slovenian , Spanish (Spain) , Swedish , Thai , Turkish , Ukrainian , Vietnamese

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Closed captions refer to subtitles in available languages with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.