The Book Thief

Courage beyond words.

While subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, a young woman 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. As she reads to him, a relationship develops, but the Nazis are forever searching houses and it is only a matter of time before they come knocking.

131 minutes.
Drama, War, On the art circuit

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

We could have bought the book!

Credits

Cast	Sophie Nélisse, Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson, Ben Schnetzer, Nico Liersch
Director	Brian Percival
Screenplay	Markus Zusak, Michael Petroni
Music	John Williams
Cinematography	Florian Ballhaus
Editing	John Wilson
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, Datasat
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2013
Produced by	Fox 2000 Pictures, Studio Babelsberg

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Drama
Language	None
Nudity	None
Sex	NOne
Violence	Mild impact, occasional
Prejudice	Mild impact, frequent
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments	This drama feature contains themes about war versus humanity and it is set around the second world war. It revolves around Hitler's Germany and anti-Semitism (sic) around that period.
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ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 13 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Times Stephen Farber Languid, but great acting.	10
ReelViews James Berardinelli A misfire in far too many meaningful aspects, The Book Thief is so bad that it's tough to decide whether it's better used as a sleep aid or watched while under the influence as an object of derision.	8
Rolling Stone Peter Travers If there can be such a thing as a sweet, reflective fable about death and the Holocaust, The Book Thief is it.	15
Metacritic.com 29 critics	11
Rottentomatoes critics 109 critics	12
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer A bit too safe in its handling of its Nazi Germany setting, The Book Thief counters its constraints with a respectful tone and strong performances.	10
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	12
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation	15
What the People say
Internet 8295 Netizens Simply Beautiful	15
Average .. 60%	12