The Book Thief (2013) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Brian Percival.

Cast

• Geoffrey Rush as Hans Hubermann
• Emily Watson as Rosa Hubermann
• Sophie Nélisse as Liesel Meminger
• Ben Schnetzer as Max Vandenburg
• Nico Liersch as Rudy Steiner
• Roger Allam as Narrator / Death (voice)
• Barbara Auer as Ilsa Hermann
• Rainer Bock as Mayor Hermann
• Heike Makatsch as Liesel's Mother
• Julian Lehmann as Liesel's Brother
• Gotthard Lange as Grave Digger
• Rainer Reiners as Priest
• Kirsten Block as Mrs. Heinrich
• Ludger Bökelmann as Football Urchin
• Paul Schaefer as Football Urchin
• Nozomi Linus Kaisar as Fat Faced Goalie
• Oliver Stokowski as Alex Steiner
• Robert Beyer as Jewish Accountant
• Hildegard Schroedter as Ms. Becker
• Levin Liam as Franz Deutscher
• Sandra Nedeleff as Max's Mother
• Rafael Gareisen as Walter
• Carl Heinz Choynski as Jürgen
• Carina Wiese as Barbara Steiner
• Mike Maas as Rolf Fischer
• Sebastian Hülk as Gestapo Agent
• Matthias Matschke as Wolfgang
• Beata Lehmann as Woman with Champagne
• Laina Schwarz as Neighbor
• Marie Burchard as Neighbor
• Georg Tryphon as Neighbor
• Joachim Paul Assböck as Officer
• Martin Ontrop as Mr. Lehmann
• Jan Andres as Fellow Conscript
• Stephanie Stremler as Post Woman

Crew

• Brian Percival — Director
• Karen Rosenfelt — Producer
• Markus Zusak — Novel
• Ken Blancato — Producer
• John Williams — Original Music Composer
• Florian Ballhaus — Director of Photography
• Michael Petroni — Screenplay

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