The film was nominated for the academy award for best original score. During world war ii, a young german girl shares stolen books with a hidden jewish refugee. It is a warm hearted,emotional film with fantastic acting by all the cast,likeable characters and a great storyline. Geoffrey rush, sophie nelisse and director brian percival discuss the differences between the novel and the movie. They arrive at himmel street and the hubermanns appear. Born in 1929, she is around 10 years old at the start of the war in 1939. The book thief is a historical novel by australian author markus zusak and is his most popular work. Stolen moments with the book thief cast dallas news. Rosa was the epitome of tough love, which was all part of leisel growing to be a stronger person. His personality itself is not dark and grey but his physical features are.
By signing up, youll get thousands of stepbystep solutions to your homework questions. Liesel memingers crime referenced as a thief in the title a fascination with books and a desire to amass a collection of her own pales in comparison to those being committed in the world in which she lives. But the movie about a girl adopted by a german couple. In many ways, the book thief is a novel about words. Based on the beloved international bestselling book, the book thief tells the story of an. Since liesel is the main character for the book thief, i wanted this young kid to have been the main character of another movie. Deaths duty is to carry away the souls of the recently departed, which it has apparently done for millenia. Sophie nelisse plays liesel, a bibliophile with a big secret in nazi germany, in the book the book thief. But the movie about a girl adopted by a german couple during world war ii also crystallizes the perils of. I think that johnny depp would fill the role of death very well.
Life of pi had a master filmmaker, ang lee, telling a bigscreen adventure story, while the book thief has a journeyman director, brian percival best known for his work on downton abbey and an. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. While subjected to the horrors of world war ii germany, young liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our website, which has the same tickets as our and websites. The story is told from the pov of death as he follows the life of liesel meminger. Liesel is the book thief referred to in the title because liesel is fascinated by the power of words. The book thief 20 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors.
Liesel stole books from a grave digger, a bonfire and the mayors wife, ilsa herman. Nico liersch as rudy steiner, liesels best friend and love interest. In the book thief, liesel meminger is described as a young girl on the verge of adolescence. The timeline below shows where the character hans hubermann appears in the book thief. Geoffrey rush and sophie nelisse in the book thief 20 geoffrey rush at an event for the book thief 20 ben. In its line of work, death tries to focus on colors as a way of distracting itself from the survivors of those who have died. Liesel meminger is the hardworking, bookthieving, kindhearted star of the novel.
In the basement of her home, a jewish refugee is being protected by her adoptive parents. The character of adolf hitler in the book thief from. The book thief cast, info, trivia famous birthdays. Narrated by death, the book thief is the story of liesel meminger, a nineyearold german girl who given up by her mother to live with hans and rosa hubermann in the small town of molching in 1939, shortly before world war ii.
The character of hans hubermann in the book thief from. The film is based on markus zusaks 2005 novel of the same name. Cast edit geoffrey rush as hans hubermann, liesels kindhearted foster father. The book thief cast and crew cast photos and info fandango. Going back to the language used in the book i love the way hans hubermann is described, zusak always taking note of his eyes being metal that would melt upon seeing leisel.
Amber gochoel interviews actors sophie nelisse and geoffrey rush and director brian percival about their new movie the book thief which will be in theaters n. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing the book thief near you. The actor ben schnetzer talks about his first big role, in the book thief, which opens on friday. On the eve of the second world war in germany, a young orphan is taken in by foster parents who help her discover the joy of reading at the. Hitler never physically appears in the story, but he stands as a symbol for all the evil caused by the nazis and the war. The book thief has its moments of brilliance, thanks in large part to an adept cast. I really enjoyed the book thief which i found compelling throughout. Let us know what you thought of the film in the comment section below. Hans hubermann papa liesels foster father and husband of rosa, hans is a former german soldier during the first world war, accordion player, and painter. Hitlers use of language and propaganda to cause suffering shows an abuse of the power of words, and his book mein kampf plays a major role in the plot. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of the book thief with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at join sign up keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all.
Learn everything you need to know about death, liesel meminger, and more in the book thief. He provides the novel with dark thoughts, humor, and information. Published in 2005, the book thief became an international bestseller and was translated into 63 languages and sold 16 million copies. Nelisse whose 9yearold sister isabelle starred in the horror flick mama jumped on board with a cast that includes geoffrey rush and emily. At the heart of markus zusaks uplifting novel the book thief is a curious little girl. Sophie nelisse as liesel meminger, the titular book thief.
Meminger family liesel sister werner brother hubermann family hans father rosa mother liesel meminger daughter, adopted hans jr. When death first introduces her, in 1938, she is on the run with a fugitive. Liesel has written her life story called the book thief and on the night of the bombing, the book is swept up in the trash with the other debris. In markus zusaks 2005 novel the book thief, max is the actual name of the struggler in the story. Death and plucky tween find their voice in holocaust tale the grim reaper proves an unwelcome narrator in wellintentioned adaptation of markus zusaks popular world. Death, liesel meminger, hans hubermann, rosa hubermann, max vandenburg, rudy steiner, alex steiner, ilsa hermann, frau holtzapfel, michael holtzapfel, robert holtzapfel, frau diller, hans hubermann, junior, trudy hubermann, tommy muller, arthur berg, walter kugler, franz deutscher, viktor chemmel, reinhold zucker.
Ben schnetzer happy town and nico liersch also are cast in the screen translation of the novel, which spent more than 280 weeks on best. With sophie nelisse, geoffrey rush, emily watson, ben schnetzer. Ben schnetzer on the book thief the new york times. Death takes an interest in liesel, and believes that her story is one of the best stories that he has. He starts off in the novel as a tenyearold boy with bony legs, sharp teeth, gangly blue eyes. After screening the complete version of the book thief for a public audience for the first time the night before at the chicago international film festival as part of its entrance into this years oscar derby, the three sat down to talk about the film, the importance of filming a movie of this type in germany and the challenges of translating the story from the page to the screen. The book thief runs 1 minutes and is rated pg for some violence and intense depiction of thematic material. Interview with the book thief actors and director youtube. Set in germany in the years 19391943, the book thief tells the story of liesel, narrated by death who has in his possession the book she wrote about these years. Emily watson as rosa hubermann, liesels badtempered foster mother. I think that he all in all has a gloomy personality and portrays a dark side just by being himself.
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