Liesel becomes captivated with reading anything she can. When Hans, her foster father, realizes that Liesel cannot read, he begins to teach her, using the book that she took from the graveside along with a giant chalkboard. She impresses Rudy, and they become fast friends. One of the boys, Franz Deutscher, challenges her to read just one word to which Liesel responds by beating him up. She is taunted by her schoolmates who chant "dummkopf" (" dunce") at her. When the teacher asks Liesel to write her name on the chalkboard, she is only able to write three Xs, revealing to her classmates that she is unable to write. Rudy Steiner, a boy who lives next door, accompanies her on her first day of school. Liesel is then brought to her new home in Munich, where she meets her new foster parents Rosa Hubermann and Hans Hubermann. Liesel steals her first book, titled The Grave Digger's Handbook, when it falls out of the gravedigger's pocket. On the way, her brother dies and is buried next to the tracks. In one of the opening scenes, twelve-year-old Liesel is travelling with her mother and younger brother on a train. In February 1938, Death tells about how a young girl called Liesel Meminger had piqued his interest. ( January 2020) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. This section's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. The film was released on Blu-ray and DVD on March 11, 2014. For her performance in the film, Sophie Nélisse won the Hollywood Film Festival Spotlight Award, the Satellite Newcomer Award, and the Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Performance by a Youth in a Lead or Supporting Role – Female. The Book Thief received Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations for its score.
With a budget of $19 million, the film was successful at the box office, earning over $76 million. The film received mixed reviews upon its theatrical release with some reviewers praising its "fresher perspective on the war" and its focus on the "consistent thread of humanity" in the story, with other critics faulting the film's "wishful narrative". The Book Thief premiered at the Mill Valley Film Festival on October 3, 2013, and was released for general distribution in the United States on November 8, 2013. The film features a musical score by Oscar-winning composer John Williams. Taught to read by her kind-hearted foster father, the girl begins "borrowing" books and sharing them with the Jewish refugee being sheltered by her foster parents in their home. The film is about a young girl living with her adoptive German family during the Nazi era. The film is based on the 2005 novel of the same name by Markus Zusak and adapted by Michael Petroni. The Book Thief is a 2013 war drama film directed by Brian Percival and starring Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson, and Sophie Nélisse.
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