| Uniform Title |
Book thief (Motion picture : 2013) |
| Title |
The book thief. |
| Published |
Moore Park, New South Wales : Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, ©2014. |
| ©2013 |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (126 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment : 57383SDG. |
| Originally released as a motion picture in 2013. |
| Based on the novel of the same name by Markus Zusak. |
| Special feature: Deleted scenes. |
| Credits |
Directed by Brian Percival ; written by Michael Petroni. |
| Performers |
Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson, Sophie Nelisse. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : PG. |
| System details |
DVD video, Dolby Digital 5.1, Region 4, PAL, 2.40:1, 16:9. |
| Language note |
English, German, Italian. Subtitles in German, Italian, Hindi, Turkish. [CC] English Captions [descriptive subtitles for the hearing impaired]. [AD] English Audio Description (Descriptive narration for the vision impaired). |
| Subjects |
Zusak, Markus -- Film adaptations |
| Jews -- Germany -- History -- Drama |
| Jews -- Germany -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Drama |
| Books and reading -- Drama |
| Storytelling -- Drama |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue -- Drama |
| Death (Personification) -- Drama |
| Feature films -- United States |
| Motion pictures, American |
| Genre |
Historical films |
| Melodramas (Motion pictures) |
| War films |
| Film adaptations |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
| Video recordings for people with visual disabilities |
| Other Names |
Percival, Brian, 1962- director. |
| Petroni, Michael screenwriter. |
| Rush, Geoffrey, 1951- actor. |
| Watson, Emily, 1967- actor. |
| Nélisse, Sophie actor. |
| Zusak, Markus. Book thief Motion picture adaptation of (work): |
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