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The book thief

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.

Record details

  • Physical Description: videodisc
    1 videodisc (approximately 131 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: [English/Spanish/French version]
  • Distributor: Beverly Hills, California : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2014]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Based upon the novel by Markus Zusak.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2013.
Special features: Deleted scenes; Sneak peeks.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Music, John Williams ; film editor, John Wilson ; production designer, Simon Elliott ; costume designer, Anna B. Sheppard.
Participant or Performer Note: Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson, Sophie Nélisse, Roger Allam, Ben Schnetzer.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: PG-13; for some violence and intense depiction of thematic material ; CHV rating: PG.
System Details Note:
DVD, NTSC region 1, dual layer, widescreen (2.40:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1, surround Dolby Digital 2.0.
Language Note:
English (Dolby Digital 5.1), dubbed Spanish (surround Dolby Digital 2.0), or dubbed French (surround Dolby Digital 2.0) audio; Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).
Source of Description Note:
Title from disc surface.
Subject: Books and reading -- Drama
Storytelling -- Drama
Jews -- Germany -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Drama
World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue -- Drama
Death -- Drama
Alemanes -- Teatro
Lectura -- Teatro
Guerra Mundial, 11, 1939-1945 -- Teatro
Video recordings
DVDs
Closed-captioned films
Germany -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Drama
Genre: Historical films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
War films.

Available copies

  • 9 of 9 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 0 of 0 copies available at Creston Public Library.

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 9 total copies.
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