The Book Thief
Release Date: Unspecified Release - Wide Release
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Film Genre: War Drama
Country: United States
Based on writer Markus Zusak's novel, this is a World War II-era novel, narrated by Death, tells the story of Liesel Meminger from the time she is taken at age 9 to live with a foster family in a German working-class neighborhood. Liesel arrives having just stolen her first book, "The Gravediggers Handbook" -- it will be the beginning of a love affair with books.