The Book Thief

"Courage beyond words."

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Ratings & Reviews

7.5/10

146,105 votes

50/100

Rotten

53/100

Metascore

7.5/10

4,495 votes

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Awards & Recognition

Critical acclaim and industry honors

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Wins

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Nomination

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Academy Awards

📋 1 nomination

Nominated

Best Original Score

Box Office Performance

Financial performance & earnings

Budget

$19.0M

Production Cost

Worldwide

$76.6M

Global Box Office

Domestic

$21,488,481

United States

Profit

+$57.6M

ROI: +303%

Budget Recovery403% of budget

$0|Budget: $19.0M|Revenue: $76.6M

Popularity Trend(Wikipedia)

60-Day Views

29.2K

Daily Avg

487

7-Day Trend

+29%

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Based On

The Book Thief

literary work

Filming Locations

Where this movie was filmed

Germany

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Story Setting

Set In

Bavaria

Extended Crew & Production

Cinematography

Florian Ballhaus

Film Editing

John Wilson

Music / Score

John Williams

Costume Design

Anna B. Sheppard

Production Design

Simon Elliott

Production Companies

20th Century Studios

Distributors

Disney+InterCom20th Century StudiosNetflix

Technical Specifications

Color

color

Aspect Ratio

2.35:1

Format

video on demand

Where to Watch The Book Thief

Available in 82 countries

Country	Stream	Free	Rent	Buy
United States of AmericaPG-13	—	—	Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home	Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
United Kingdom12A	Disney Plus	—	Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Sky Store	Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Sky Store
Canada	Disney Plus	—	Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video	Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video
AustraliaPG	Disney Plus	—	—	Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube

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Age Ratings by Country

United StatesPG-13

United Kingdom12A

AustraliaPG

Germany6

JapanR18+

Belgium14

Brazil10

Switzerland6

+18 more countries

Production

Director

Brian Percival

Writers

Markus Zusak, Michael Petroni

Production Companies

Studio BabelsbergFox 2000 PicturesSunswept Entertainment

Cast

Geoffrey Rush

Hans Hubermann

Sophie Nélisse

Liesel Meminger

Emily Watson

Rosa Hubermann

Nico Liersch

Rudy Steiner

Ben Schnetzer

Max Vandenburg

Heike Makatsch

Liesel's mother

Barbara Auer

Ilsa Hermann

Roger Allam

Narrator / Death (voice)

Rainer Bock

Mayor Hermann

Gotthard Lange

Grave Digger

Rainer Reiners

Priest

Kirsten Block

Mrs. Heinrich

Tags & Keywords

based on novel or booknaziworld war iichildren in wartimebased on young adult novel

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