Review by ELAINE J. LALANDE
Depressing, violent, war everywhere, death of many people. History repeats itself, just like today.
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| Title Statement | The book thief [DVD] / a Sunswept Entertainment production ; produced by Karen Rosenfelt, Ken Blancato ; screenplay by Michael Petroni ; directed by Brian Percival. |
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| Alternative Title(s) | voleuse de livres |
| Additional Contributors | Percival, Brian |
| Rush, Geoffrey,1951- | |
| Watson, Emily,1967- | |
| Nélisse, Sophie | |
| Zusak, Markus | |
| Publication | Beverly Hills, Calif.: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, c2014. |
| Extent of Item | 1 videodisc (131 min.) |
| ISBN | (v.r.) |
| Standard Number (UPC, etc.) | 024543886570 |
| Other Number | 2576104 |
| General Notes | DVD. Disc label title. Originally released as a motion picture in 2013. Based upon the novel by Markus Zusak. Widescreen version. Special features include: deleted scenes. Bilingual packaging (English/French) |
| Performance Credits | Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson, Sophie Nélisse, Roger Allam, Liesel Meminger. |
| Audience & Ratings | CHV rating: PG. Classement de la Régie du cinéma Québec: G. |
| Languages | English, Spanish and French language tracks, with English and Spanish subtitles.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.SDH (Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing)English descriptive audio track. |
| System Details | DVD, Dolby 5.1 surround. |
| Terms of Use | For home use only. |
| Summary | "While subjected to the horrors of World War II Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in her home, a Jewish refugee is being sheltered by her adoptive parents"--www.imdb.com. |
| Subjects & Genres | |
| By Topic | Books and reading--Fiction |
| Storytelling--Fiction | |
| Death--Fiction | |
| Jews--Fiction--History--1933-1945--Germany | |
| World War, 1939-1945--Fiction--Jews--Rescue | |
| By Location | Germany--Fiction--History--1933-1945 |
| By Genre | Historical films |
| Feature films | |
| Films for the hearing impaired | |
| Films for people with visual disabilities | |
