The book thief

Resource Information

The work The book thief represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Noble County Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The book thief

Statement of responsibility

Fox 2000 Pictures presents ; a Sunswept Entertainment production ; made in association with TSG Entertainment and the Blair Partnership, in association with Studio Babelsberg ; screenplay by Michael Petroni ; produced by Karen Rosenfelt, Ken Blancato ; directed by Brian Percival

Title variation

Bücherdiebin

Creator

• Book thief (Motion picture)

Contributor

• Blancato, Ken,
• Ballhaus, Florian, 1965-
• Nélisse, Sophie,
• Allam, Roger,
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.,
• Percival, Brian, 1962-
• TSG Entertainment
• Petroni, Michael,
• Rosenfelt, Karen,
• Sunswept Entertainment (Firm),
• Rush, Geoffrey, 1951-
• Studio Babelsberg,
• Fox 2000 Pictures,
• Watson, Emily, 1967-
• Williams, John, 1932-
• Blair Partnership (Firm)
• trueZusak, Markus

Actor

• Nélisse, Sophie,
• Rush, Geoffrey, 1951-
• Watson, Emily, 1967-
• Allam, Roger,

Composer

• Williams, John, 1932-

Director of photography

• Ballhaus, Florian, 1965-

Film director

• Percival, Brian, 1962-

Film distributor

• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.,

Film producer

• Blancato, Ken,
• Rosenfelt, Karen,

Presenter

• Fox 2000 Pictures,

Production company

• Sunswept Entertainment (Firm),
• Studio Babelsberg,

Screenwriter

• Petroni, Michael,

Subject

• Jews -- Germany -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Drama
• Melodramas (Motion pictures)
• Storytelling -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• War films
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews | Rescue -- Drama
• Zusak, Markus -- Film adaptations
• Alemanes -- Teatro
• Books and reading -- Drama
• Death -- Drama
• Feature films
• Historical films
• Fiction films
• Film adaptations
• Germany -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Drama
• Guerra Mundial, 11, 1939-1945 -- Teatro
• Lectura -- Teatro

Genre

• Historical films
• trueDrama
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• trueFilm adaptations
• Melodramas (Motion pictures)
• Teatro
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• War films

Language

• eng
• fre
• spa
• spa
• eng
• eng
• eng

Summary

Based upon the best-selling novel. The profoundly moving story of a girl who transforms the lives of those around her during World War II, Germany. Although Liesel is illiterate when she is adopted by a German couple, her adoptive father encourages her to learn to read. Ultimately, the power of words helps Liesel and Max, a Jew hiding in the family's home, escape from the events unfolding around them

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Florian Ballhaus ; music, John Williams ; film editor, John Wilson

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

• MPAA rating: PG-13; for some violence and intense depiction of thematic material ;
• CHV rating: PG

Language note

English (Dolby Digital 5.1), dubbed Spanish (surround Dolby Digital 2.0), or dubbed French (surround Dolby Digital 2.0) audio with optional Spanish subtitles and optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH) and English descriptive audio; closed-captioned in English

LC call number

PN1997.2

LC item number

.B66 2014

PerformerNote

Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson, Sophie Nélisse, Ben Schnetzer, Nico Liersch, Roger Allam

Runtime

131

Target audience

general

Technique

live action