The book thief films biggest hurdle was death film. The film was released on bluray and dvd on march 11, 2014. Trying to make sense of the horrors of world war ii, death relates the story of liesela young german girl whose book stealing and storytelling talents help sustain her family and the jewish man they are hiding. In february 20, he was cast in the film adaptation of the bestseller novel the book thief. He played rudy steiner, the best friend of the titular book thief, liesel meminger. Sophie nelisse, emily watson, geoffrey rush, brian. Markus zusak, author of bestselling novel the book thief, answers questions from guardian childrens books site. Please watch in hd rudy steiner was scared of the book thief s kiss. Set during world war ii young liesel sophie nelisse is adopted by a man and woman named hans and rosa played wonderfully by geoffrey rush and emma watson. Sophie nelisse, geoffrey rush, emily watson, nico liersch y ben schnetzer. Rudy steiner is liesels neighbor and eventual best friend. Nelisse is brilliant as the young girl who has a compassionate heart.
Not very long afterward, molching suffered and death was busier than ever. The book thief is a 20 war drama film directed by brian percival and starring geoffrey rush. See a complete list of the characters in the book thief and indepth analyses of liesel meminger, max vandenburg, hans hubermann, and rudy steiner. The husband was very welcoming but the mother has to won over, the girl makes friends with rudy who loves football, rudy is the perfect german blonde hair, blue eyes and very sporty, it is noticed and he was to be sent to one of the adolf hitler schools, he doesnt. He is one of six children and is obsessed with american track athlete jesse owens. The book thief, however, survived and the boy with hair the color of a lemon returned years later to claim what was his. The scene i was looking forward to seeing the most was probably the incident in which rudy paints his face. While at a nazi book burning ceremony, liesel and rudy are harassed by.