Movie · Drama · War & Military

Geoffrey Rush and Emily Watson star in this inspiring film based on the bestseller about Liesel, (Sophie Nélisse), a girl adopted by a German couple (Rush and Watson) who hide a Jew (Ben Schnetzer) from Hitler’s army. Soon Liesel discovers that words and imagination provide an escape from the events unfolding around her family in this extraordinary film directed by Brian Percival.

2013 · 2h 11m
Director Brian Percival

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The Book Thief

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Geoffrey Rush and Emily Watson star in this inspiring film based on the bestseller about Liesel, (Sophie Nélisse), a girl adopted by a German couple (Rush and Watson) who hide a Jew (Ben Schnetzer) from Hitler’s army. Soon Liesel discovers that words and imagination provide an escape from the events unfolding around her family in this extraordinary film directed by Brian Percival.

COMMON SENSE

Emotional WWII drama explores loss, literacy, and love.

TOMATOMETER
Average 5.8
Reviews 149
Fresh 75
Rotten 74

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Studio
20th Century Fox
Released
2013
Run Time
2 hr 11 min
Rated
PG-13
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) (AAC, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩), French (Canada) (AAC), Spanish (Latin America) (AAC)

Subtitles

English (CC), English (United States) , French (Canada) , Korean , Portuguese (Brazil) , Spanish (Latin America)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.