The Book Thief is written by Markus Zusak. It is based on historic events that had happened in Germany. The plots in this book are experiences from what really happened back then. In the film of The Book Thief, the plots seem to be cut and out of order, like they don’t connect with one another. Some parts of the film are totally different from the book. I didn’t really like the movie. Also, it sounds ridiculous that the director turns 552 pages into a 2 hours film.
The movie of The Book Thief is set in Germany during the Holocaust. The Book Thief is narrated by Death and also the one who takes the people’s soul to another world. The main character, Liesel Meminger, is play by Sophie Nélisse. Liesel Meminger was an orphaned daughter of German communist activists who is taken in by a middle aged couple, the Hubermanns, in 1938. Nico Liersch plays as Rudy Steiner in the film. He is described in the book as having lemon color hair.
While on the way to meet Liesel’s new foster parents, her brother passed away and he was buried in the snow. There she found a book on the ground and pick it up. Later Liesel meets her new foster parents, Hans Hubermann and Rosa Hubermann. Liesel met Rudy Steiner, who has blond hair and looks much younger than she is. One day Max Vanderburg appears at the Hubermanns’ door because Hans promised his father that he will take care of Max. Hans, Rosa and Liesel all keep a secret about hiding a Jew in their basement. Later towards the ending, there was a bombing in Liesel’s town and everybody die, except her.
I liked the book more than the film. In the movie, the part where Michael came back from the war was missing. Also, the director completely ignored the part when Michael tried killing himself and the Holtzapal family. I didn’t really like the way the director make this movie. It is a bit confusing if I was to watch the movie and read the book later on. It would not make any sense. Based on a 10 scale, I rate this film a 6 because as I said before some parts are missing. The director is trying too hard to somehow make the scene connect, but it doesn’t really connect. It looks like he put a bunch of scenes together and tried making them connect to one another.