---
title: 'The Book Thief (2013)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Brian Percival'
released: '2013-10-03'
runtime_minutes: 131
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-book-thief-2013'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0816442/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Book Thief (2013)

2013 · 131 min · Drama, War · Germany, United States


## Synopsis

The Book Thief is a 2013 war drama film directed by Brian Percival and starring Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson, and Sophie Nélisse. The film is based on the 2005 novel of the same name by Markus Zusak and adapted by Michael Petroni. The film is about a young girl living with her adoptive German family during the Nazi era. Taught to read by her kind-hearted foster father, the girl begins "borrowing" books and sharing them with the Jewish refugee being sheltered by her foster parents in their home. The film features a musical score by Oscar-winning composer John Williams.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Brian Percival](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-percival)
- **Screenplay:** [Markus Zusak](https://cinepixo.com/people/markus-zusak), [Michael Petroni](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-petroni)
- **Original Music Composer:** [John Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-williams-2)
- **Director of Photography:** [Florian Ballhaus](https://cinepixo.com/people/florian-ballhaus)
- **Editor:** [John Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-wilson)

## Cast

- [Heike Makatsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/heike-makatsch)
- [Matthias Matschke](https://cinepixo.com/people/matthias-matschke)
- [Nozomi Linus Kaisar](https://cinepixo.com/people/nozomi-linus-kaisar)
- [Gotthard Lange](https://cinepixo.com/people/gotthard-lange)
- [Barbara Auer](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-auer)
- [Emily Watson](https://cinepixo.com/people/emily-watson)
- [Rainer Bock](https://cinepixo.com/people/rainer-bock)
- [Nico Liersch](https://cinepixo.com/people/nico-liersch)
- [Carl Heinz Choynski](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-heinz-choynski)
- [Rafael Gareisen](https://cinepixo.com/people/rafael-gareisen)
- [Godehard Giese](https://cinepixo.com/people/godehard-giese)
- [Georg Tryphon](https://cinepixo.com/people/georg-tryphon)
- [Levin Liam](https://cinepixo.com/people/levin-liam)
- [Marie Burchard](https://cinepixo.com/people/marie-burchard)
- [Hildegard Schroedter](https://cinepixo.com/people/hildegard-schroedter)

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Official site: http://www.thebookthief.com/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-book-thief-2013
Film facts: Wikidata (Q14511981); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.