Rudy guesses that her family is hiding someone, and he swears to never tell anyone. He discovers the secret of Max, whose name he reads on a journal Max gave to Liesel for Christmas. One day while "borrowing" a book from the mayor's home, Liesel is followed by Rudy. Liesel helps him recover by reading to him at every spare moment books "borrowed" from the mayor's library. Max is moved to the basement so that he can move around more, but it is cold and he becomes dangerously ill. World War II begins, initially making most of the children in Liesel's neighborhood very happy. Max initially stays in Liesel's room while recovering from his trip, and they begin to become friends over their mutual hatred of Hitler. Max's father had saved Hans' life in World War I, and hence he goes to the Hubermanns' house, where Rosa and Hans give him shelter. One day Liesel is found reading by the mayor, who not only puts a stop to her visits but dismisses Rosa as their laundress.ĭuring Kristallnacht, Max Vandenburg and his mother, who are Jewish, are told by a friend that only one of them can escape, and Max's mother forces him to go. Instead, Ilsa takes her into their library and tells Liesel she can come by anytime and read as much as she'd like. When Rosa asks Liesel to take the laundry to the mayor's spacious, gated house, she realizes that the woman who saw her taking the book is the mayor's wife. She is seen by Ilsa Hermann, wife of the Burgermeister (mayor). When the bonfire ends and everyone leaves, Liesel is still there and she grabs a book that has been only singed. While at a Nazi book burning ceremony, Liesel and Rudy are harassed by Franz into throwing books onto the bonfire, but Liesel is upset to see the books being burned. Liesel and Rudy become members of the Hitler Youth movement. Liesel becomes captivated with reading anything she can. When Hans, her foster father, realizes that Liesel cannot read, he begins to teach her, using the book that she took from the graveside along with a giant chalkboard. She impresses Rudy, and they become fast friends. One of the boys, Franz Deutscher, challenges her to read just one word to which Liesel responds by beating him up. She is taunted by her schoolmates who chant "dummkopf" (" dunce") at her. When the teacher asks Liesel to write her name on the chalkboard, she is only able to write three Xs, revealing to her classmates that she is unable to write. Rudy Steiner, a boy who lives next door, accompanies her on her first day of school. Liesel is then brought to her new home in Munich, where she meets her new foster parents Rosa Hubermann and Hans Hubermann. Liesel steals her first book, titled The Grave Digger's Handbook, when it falls out of the gravedigger's pocket. On the way, her brother dies and is buried next to the tracks. In one of the opening scenes, twelve-year-old Liesel is travelling with her mother and younger brother on a train. In February 1938, Death tells how a young girl called Liesel Meminger had piqued his interest. ( January 2020) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. This section's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. The film was released on Blu-ray and DVD on March 11, 2014. For her performance in the film, Sophie Nélisse won the Hollywood Film Festival Spotlight Award, the Satellite Newcomer Award, and the Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Performance by a Youth in a Lead or Supporting Role – Female. The Book Thief received Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations for its score. With a budget of $19 million, the film was successful at the box office, earning over $76 million. The film received mixed reviews upon its theatrical release with some reviewers praising its "fresher perspective on the war" and its focus on the "consistent thread of humanity" in the story, with other critics faulting the film's "wishful narrative". The Book Thief premiered at the Mill Valley Film Festival on October 3, 2013, and was released for general distribution in the United States on November 8, 2013. The film features a musical score by Oscar-winning composer John Williams. 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 is about a young girl living with her adoptive German family during the Nazi era. The film is based on the 2005 novel of the same name by Markus Zusak and adapted by Michael Petroni. The Book Thief is a 2013 war drama film directed by Brian Percival and starring Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson, and Sophie Nélisse.
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