The Book Thief
Courage beyond words.
We could have bought the book!
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
Where's it showing? / Book tickets
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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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 Positive messages Positive role models
13 Violence Sex Language
Consumerism Drinking, drugs, smoking
Ratings
Scale (Max) 20
South African Media Cape Times Stephen Farber 10
International Media ReelViews (USA) James Berardinelli 8
Rolling Stone (US) Peter Travers 15
Metacritic.com 29 critics 11
RottenTomatoes.com 109 critics 12
RottenTomatoes.com Tomatometer 10
Movie Review Query Engine (USA) MRQE critics 12
CommonSenseMedia (USA) Staff evaluation 15
Internet (IMDB) 8295 Netizens 15
Average .. 60% 12
Trailer
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