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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Theboyinthestripedpyjamas.jpg
Author
John Boyne
Illustrator
Alisia Cullens
Country
Ireland
Language
English
Genre
Historical / post modern
Publisher
David Fickling Books

Publication date
 5 January 2006
Media type
Print (hard cover & paper back)
Pages
216 pp
ISBN
ISBN 0-385-60940-X
OCLC
62132588

Dewey Decimal
 823.914 22
LC Class
MLCS 2006/45764
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is a 2006 novel by Irish novelist John Boyne. Unlike the months of planning Boyne devoted to his other books, he said that he wrote the entire first draft of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas in two and a half days, barely sleeping until he got to the end.[1] As of March 2010, the novel had sold more than five million copies around the world.[2] It was published as The Boy in the Striped Pajamas in the United States to go along with the traditional American spelling of the word. In both 2007 and 2008, it was the best selling book of the year in Spain. It has also reached number two on the New York Times bestseller list, as well as in the UK, Ireland, and Australia.[not verified in body]


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Criticism
3 Characters 3.1 Bruno
3.2 Mother
3.3 Father
3.4 Gretel
3.5 Maria
3.6 Lieutenant Kotler (Kurt Kotler)
3.7 Shmuel
3.8 Herr Liszt
3.9 Pavel
3.10 Grandfather
3.11 Grandmother
3.12 The Fury
3.13 Eva
4 References

Plot[edit]
Bruno is a 9-year-old boy growing up during World War II in Berlin, Germany.[3] He lives in a huge house with his parents, his twelve-year-old sister Gretel and servants, one of whom is called Maria. His father, a high-ranking SS officer, is promoted to the Commandant of Auschwitz Concentration Camp during a visit by Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun. Mishearing certain words, Bruno concludes that the family has to move to "Out-With" because of the orders of "The Fury".
Bruno is initially upset about moving to Auschwitz, and leaving his three best friends, Karl, Daniel and Martin. His mother, who is against the move herself, says that they '[do not] have the luxury of thinking'. From the house in Out-With, Bruno sees a camp enclosed by wire fences. While exploring the area, he spots a boy on the other side of the fence and excitedly starts a conversation. The Jewish boy, named Shmuel, says that although he has been separated from his mother, his father and grandfather are on his side of the fence. The two boys become best friends and continue to meet at the same spot every day. Bruno even forgets the names of his friends from Berlin after becoming so used to Shmuel's presence. As the meetings go on, Bruno's naïvete shows that his innocence has been preserved despite being near a death camp. Shmuel shares some of his knowledge of the suffering in the camp but still does not fully explain why he is there.
Bruno loses his grandmother to old age and Shmuel loses his father after seeing him go on "a march". When lice eggs are discovered in Bruno's hair, he has his head shaved and his sister uses lice shampoo. Bruno comments that he looks like Shmuel and Shmuel concludes that he is only fatter. Bruno's mother eventually persuades his father to take them back to Berlin and stay at Auschwitz without them. Bruno hears that Shmuel's father has also gone on a march and plans to help find him before the trip to Germany. Bruno dresses in a set of striped pyjamas and crawls under a weak spot in the fence to join Shmuel.
Criticism[edit]
Rabbi Benjamin Blech affirmed the opinion of a Holocaust survivor friend of the book as "not just a lie and not just a fairytale, but a profanation". Blech acknowledges the objection that a "fable" need not be factually accurate; he counters that the book trivializes the conditions in and around the death camps and perpetuates the "myth that those [...] not directly involved can claim innocence", and thus undermines its moral authority. Students who read it, he warns, may believe the camps "weren't that bad" if a boy could conduct a clandestine friendship with a Jewish captive of the same age, unaware of "the constant presence of death".[4]
However, Kathryn Hughes, whilst agreeing about the implausibility of the plot, argues that "Bruno's innocence comes to stand for the willful refusal of all adult Germans to see what was going on under their noses".[3]
Characters[edit]

Question book-new.svg
 This section does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (August 2014)
Bruno[edit]
The main character in the story. Born on April 15, 1934, Bruno is a 9-year-old boy and a son of a Nazi commandant. Bruno and his family move to Auschwitz concentration camp, where Father's job is. Bruno was initially unhappy at Auschwitz (which Bruno cannot pronounce correctly and pronounces as Out-With instead), because he misses his life in Berlin. Bruno frequently says that he is unhappy in 'Out-With', as there were no boys his age to play with and that his new house there made him feel cold and unsafe.
Bruno decides to explore to camp, which he can he see from his bedroom window. His exploring brings him to a wire fence, and he sees a boy his age sitting down on the other side of the fence and wearing 'striped pajamas'. Bruno finds out the boy is called Shmuel. Over time, Bruno and Shmuel become close friends. Bruno does not tell anyone about his friend, Shmuel.
After Bruno heard news that he, Mother, and Gretel were moving back to Berlin, Bruno decides to have a final adventure in Out-With by helping Shmuel find his father, who went missing in the camp after last being seen going on a march with other inmates. Since Bruno's hair had recently been shaved after an incident with lice, he looked almost exactly like Shmuel and blended in with other inmates in Out-With after Shmuel gave him some striped pajamas to wear as well. While searching on Shmuel's side of the fence, they get caught up in a group of men and were told to march by some soldiers. They were taken to a gas chamber, which Bruno mistakenly thinks as 'a shelter to rest'. Bruno was killed in the gas chamber, the last thing he did was to grasp Shmuel's hand.
The whole story is told in Bruno's point of view, which shows how his innocence and naïvete was preserved even after being brought to live near a death camp.
Mother[edit]
She is the wife of a Nazi commandant. Mother was opposed from moving to Auschwitz concentration camp from the start, as she thought it was not a suitable place for her children, Bruno and Gretel, to grow up in. She has red hair and green eyes.
Mother was also prejudiced against the Jews, much like many other Germans at the time of the story. Thus, Mother was shocked to find that Pavel, a Jewish inmate at the camp, had cleaned Bruno's wound after he fell from a swing. After that, Mother's opinion of Jews had changed and she found that the stories spread about Jews weren't true at all. Knowing that Pavel would get in trouble if the commandant found out that Pavel had cleaned Bruno's wound, Mother protected Pavel by saying that if anyone asked, it was Mother who cleaned Bruno's wound, a move that Bruno mistakenly thought as a selfish one.
Mother convinces her husband to let her and the children move back to Berlin, but is delayed as Bruno mysteriously disappears shortly beforehand. In the end, Mother and Gretel move back to Berlin.
Father[edit]
He is Bruno's father and was one day visited by The Führer (which Bruno mistakenly pronounces as 'The Fury') and promoted to the job of being Commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp. He was the only one in his family who was happy of moving there, as he thought he was accepting the job and doing good for Germany. Father is respected and feared by the soldiers in 'Out-With'. However, while Father is successful in his work, he did not spend as much time with his family (Note in the story that Father rarely speaks with Bruno. In the few times that he did, it was to discuss matters of discipline with Bruno.)
Despite this and the fact that work seems more important to him, Father is a kind man who cares for his family, shown when Maria tells Bruno how Father had helped her by giving her a job as a maid when times were tough. Father was also deeply affected when Bruno disappeared and his wife and daughter move back to Berlin shortly afterwards, leaving him alone in his job. He treats other soldiers mercilessly and became very disliked. He was taken away from the camp afterwards, but he didn't really care what happened to him anymore.
Gretel[edit]
She is 12 years old and the older sister of Bruno. Bruno refers to her as 'The Hopeless Case' and is somewhat afraid of her. Gretel is also somewhat bossy and likes to think she is more clever than Bruno. However, it suggested that she actually isn't smarter than Bruno because she initially thought Out-With was their holiday home in the countryside, while Bruno was smart enough to think not. Gretel also couldn't give a good answer when Bruno asked what the difference was between Jews and Germans, saying they were 'the opposite of each other'.
Gretel also isn't as mature as she thinks she is, one reason being that she plays with dolls and another being that she calls Bruno 'stupid' or 'an idiot'. Gretel also has a crush on Lieutenant Kotler.
Gretel is also somewhat as naïve and innocent as Bruno. She is also easily influenced as well. Even though she does not show it, she likes Bruno a lot and is also affected when Bruno disappears, shown to be crying as she was missing him. She moves back with Mother to their old house in Berlin in the end.
Maria[edit]
Maria is the family maid. Her mother used to be Bruno's Grandmother's dresser in the early days. It was a hard time for Maria when her mother dies. Father was kind enough to pay for Maria's mother's funeral and hospital fees out of his own pocket, even when he wasn't obliged to, as Maria's mother was an old family friend. Father also gave Maria a job as well as a home with Bruno's family. For this, Maria is very grateful to Bruno's father and defends him when Bruno calls Father stupid. However, when Father was promoted to commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp, Maria started to doubt her image of Father's kind personality and wondered how he could do such a ruthless thing as mass murdering of Jews.
Maria is a kind woman and one of the few people that Bruno could really talk to, shown when Bruno tried to get Maria to agree with him that Out-With is a horrible place.
Lieutenant Kotler (Kurt Kotler)[edit]
Lieutenant Kotler is a young soldier at Auschwitz concentration camp who works for Father (it was shown in the movie that he was only 19-years-old). Kotler has blue eyes and blonde hair, the ideal of the Nazis. He is disliked by Bruno for many reasons, one of them being the fact that Kotler calls Bruno a 'little man' and ruffles his hair. Kotler also makes Bruno feel very cold and unsafe. Another reason why he is disliked by Bruno is that Shmuel was implied to have been beaten up (because of his bruises) after Kotler caught Shmuel eating the chicken Bruno had offered him.
At a point in the story, Kotler has dinner with Bruno's family. When Father asks about Kotler's family, Kotler reveals that he has not been in touch with his father, who went to Switzerland. At the time of World War II, Switzerland was famous for being a neutral area which supported neither the Allies nor Axis in the war. Any German who went to Switzerland at the time was considered a traitor who disagreed with Germany's motives.
Lieutenant Kotler was scared that he would be considered a traitor by Father because he didn't report his own Father, and when Pavel spills wine on him, Kotler overcompensates and shows he is not a traitor by beating Pavel up. However, it was implied that Father still reported Lieutenant Kotler. Kotler was sent to the front to fight for Germany as punishment.
Shmuel[edit]
He is the same age and birthday as Bruno, who he became close fiends with while being imprisoned at Auschwitz concentration camp, where he is a Jewish inmate. Shmuel is Polish. His mother used to teach language while his father made watches. Shmuel used to live with his parents and older brother, Joseph, above their family's watch shop, when one day some soldiers took his family away from their home. They stripped Shmuel of his valuables and possessions, including and especially his golden watch that his father made for him. His mother was separated from the family and Shmuel, his father and grandfather were sent to live in Auschwitz concentration camp.
Before Bruno leaves Out-With, he and Shmuel go together on Shmuel's side of the fence to help Shmuel look for his father, who went missing. They got caught up in a group of men and were forced to march with them. In the end, Shmuel and Bruno died in the gas chambers together, holding each other's hands.
Herr Liszt[edit]
Herr Liszt is a tutor who was assigned to teach Bruno and Gretel privately in Out-With, when Father decided that his children's education must go on. Herr Liszt disapproves of Bruno reading story books, and thinks that books that about real events are the only things that matter. Herr Liszt believes that Germany was robbed in World War I, and basically agrees with everything the German government are doing.
Pavel[edit]
Pavel is a Jewish inmate at Auschwitz concentration camp. He used to practice as a doctor but now peels vegetables for Bruno's family. He is a good man though he is treated badly because he is a Jew, one example being how Lieutenant Kotler beat up Pavel after Pavel spilt wine on him. He is a kind man who cleaned Bruno's wound after he fell from a swing.
Grandfather[edit]
He is retired and owns an eating place in Berlin. On one time he had mentioned to Bruno how 'he had managed to persuade Grandmother to marry him, despite his many faults'. Grandfather is proud at the news his son, Father, has been promoted to commandant. This is because grandfather thinks that Father is serving his country for the better, contrary to Grandmother's beliefs.
Grandmother[edit]
Grandmother used to be an actress and a singer. Every Christmas, she makes costumes for Bruno and Gretel and performs a play for the family with them. She is upset at the news of Father being promoted to commandant. She somehow wonders if it was her fault that Father thinks that having a smart uniform means he is doing something for the greater good, because she let him dress in costumes as well when he was a boy. She dies later in the story due to old age, her conflicts with Father left unresolved, something that Father regrets very much.
The Fury[edit]
The Fury is actually The Führer (which is to say Adolf Hitler) . He promotes Father to the job of being commandant at Auschwitz concentration camp. He invites himself to dinner at Bruno's household and is seen by Bruno as 'quite the rudest guest he had ever seen'.
Eva[edit]
Eva comes along with The Führer to have dinner at Bruno's household. She is seen by Bruno as a beautiful and kind woman. Eva is actually based on a real-life figure who was close to Adolf Hitler. (see Eva Braun)
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "Interview with Children’s Author John Boyne (2006)". Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2007-02-23.
2.Jump up ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/wbc/all
3.^ Jump up to: a b Hughes, Kathryn (21 January 2006). "Educating Bruno". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 8 February 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
4.Jump up ^ Rabbi Benjamin Blech (October 23, 2008). "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas". aish.com. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
 


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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
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For the film, see The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (film).
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Theboyinthestripedpyjamas.jpg
Author
John Boyne
Illustrator
Alisia Cullens
Country
Ireland
Language
English
Genre
Historical / post modern
Publisher
David Fickling Books

Publication date
 5 January 2006
Media type
Print (hard cover & paper back)
Pages
216 pp
ISBN
ISBN 0-385-60940-X
OCLC
62132588

Dewey Decimal
 823.914 22
LC Class
MLCS 2006/45764
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is a 2006 novel by Irish novelist John Boyne. Unlike the months of planning Boyne devoted to his other books, he said that he wrote the entire first draft of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas in two and a half days, barely sleeping until he got to the end.[1] As of March 2010, the novel had sold more than five million copies around the world.[2] It was published as The Boy in the Striped Pajamas in the United States to go along with the traditional American spelling of the word. In both 2007 and 2008, it was the best selling book of the year in Spain. It has also reached number two on the New York Times bestseller list, as well as in the UK, Ireland, and Australia.[not verified in body]


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Criticism
3 Characters 3.1 Bruno
3.2 Mother
3.3 Father
3.4 Gretel
3.5 Maria
3.6 Lieutenant Kotler (Kurt Kotler)
3.7 Shmuel
3.8 Herr Liszt
3.9 Pavel
3.10 Grandfather
3.11 Grandmother
3.12 The Fury
3.13 Eva
4 References

Plot[edit]
Bruno is a 9-year-old boy growing up during World War II in Berlin, Germany.[3] He lives in a huge house with his parents, his twelve-year-old sister Gretel and servants, one of whom is called Maria. His father, a high-ranking SS officer, is promoted to the Commandant of Auschwitz Concentration Camp during a visit by Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun. Mishearing certain words, Bruno concludes that the family has to move to "Out-With" because of the orders of "The Fury".
Bruno is initially upset about moving to Auschwitz, and leaving his three best friends, Karl, Daniel and Martin. His mother, who is against the move herself, says that they '[do not] have the luxury of thinking'. From the house in Out-With, Bruno sees a camp enclosed by wire fences. While exploring the area, he spots a boy on the other side of the fence and excitedly starts a conversation. The Jewish boy, named Shmuel, says that although he has been separated from his mother, his father and grandfather are on his side of the fence. The two boys become best friends and continue to meet at the same spot every day. Bruno even forgets the names of his friends from Berlin after becoming so used to Shmuel's presence. As the meetings go on, Bruno's naïvete shows that his innocence has been preserved despite being near a death camp. Shmuel shares some of his knowledge of the suffering in the camp but still does not fully explain why he is there.
Bruno loses his grandmother to old age and Shmuel loses his father after seeing him go on "a march". When lice eggs are discovered in Bruno's hair, he has his head shaved and his sister uses lice shampoo. Bruno comments that he looks like Shmuel and Shmuel concludes that he is only fatter. Bruno's mother eventually persuades his father to take them back to Berlin and stay at Auschwitz without them. Bruno hears that Shmuel's father has also gone on a march and plans to help find him before the trip to Germany. Bruno dresses in a set of striped pyjamas and crawls under a weak spot in the fence to join Shmuel.
Criticism[edit]
Rabbi Benjamin Blech affirmed the opinion of a Holocaust survivor friend of the book as "not just a lie and not just a fairytale, but a profanation". Blech acknowledges the objection that a "fable" need not be factually accurate; he counters that the book trivializes the conditions in and around the death camps and perpetuates the "myth that those [...] not directly involved can claim innocence", and thus undermines its moral authority. Students who read it, he warns, may believe the camps "weren't that bad" if a boy could conduct a clandestine friendship with a Jewish captive of the same age, unaware of "the constant presence of death".[4]
However, Kathryn Hughes, whilst agreeing about the implausibility of the plot, argues that "Bruno's innocence comes to stand for the willful refusal of all adult Germans to see what was going on under their noses".[3]
Characters[edit]

Question book-new.svg
 This section does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (August 2014)
Bruno[edit]
The main character in the story. Born on April 15, 1934, Bruno is a 9-year-old boy and a son of a Nazi commandant. Bruno and his family move to Auschwitz concentration camp, where Father's job is. Bruno was initially unhappy at Auschwitz (which Bruno cannot pronounce correctly and pronounces as Out-With instead), because he misses his life in Berlin. Bruno frequently says that he is unhappy in 'Out-With', as there were no boys his age to play with and that his new house there made him feel cold and unsafe.
Bruno decides to explore to camp, which he can he see from his bedroom window. His exploring brings him to a wire fence, and he sees a boy his age sitting down on the other side of the fence and wearing 'striped pajamas'. Bruno finds out the boy is called Shmuel. Over time, Bruno and Shmuel become close friends. Bruno does not tell anyone about his friend, Shmuel.
After Bruno heard news that he, Mother, and Gretel were moving back to Berlin, Bruno decides to have a final adventure in Out-With by helping Shmuel find his father, who went missing in the camp after last being seen going on a march with other inmates. Since Bruno's hair had recently been shaved after an incident with lice, he looked almost exactly like Shmuel and blended in with other inmates in Out-With after Shmuel gave him some striped pajamas to wear as well. While searching on Shmuel's side of the fence, they get caught up in a group of men and were told to march by some soldiers. They were taken to a gas chamber, which Bruno mistakenly thinks as 'a shelter to rest'. Bruno was killed in the gas chamber, the last thing he did was to grasp Shmuel's hand.
The whole story is told in Bruno's point of view, which shows how his innocence and naïvete was preserved even after being brought to live near a death camp.
Mother[edit]
She is the wife of a Nazi commandant. Mother was opposed from moving to Auschwitz concentration camp from the start, as she thought it was not a suitable place for her children, Bruno and Gretel, to grow up in. She has red hair and green eyes.
Mother was also prejudiced against the Jews, much like many other Germans at the time of the story. Thus, Mother was shocked to find that Pavel, a Jewish inmate at the camp, had cleaned Bruno's wound after he fell from a swing. After that, Mother's opinion of Jews had changed and she found that the stories spread about Jews weren't true at all. Knowing that Pavel would get in trouble if the commandant found out that Pavel had cleaned Bruno's wound, Mother protected Pavel by saying that if anyone asked, it was Mother who cleaned Bruno's wound, a move that Bruno mistakenly thought as a selfish one.
Mother convinces her husband to let her and the children move back to Berlin, but is delayed as Bruno mysteriously disappears shortly beforehand. In the end, Mother and Gretel move back to Berlin.
Father[edit]
He is Bruno's father and was one day visited by The Führer (which Bruno mistakenly pronounces as 'The Fury') and promoted to the job of being Commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp. He was the only one in his family who was happy of moving there, as he thought he was accepting the job and doing good for Germany. Father is respected and feared by the soldiers in 'Out-With'. However, while Father is successful in his work, he did not spend as much time with his family (Note in the story that Father rarely speaks with Bruno. In the few times that he did, it was to discuss matters of discipline with Bruno.)
Despite this and the fact that work seems more important to him, Father is a kind man who cares for his family, shown when Maria tells Bruno how Father had helped her by giving her a job as a maid when times were tough. Father was also deeply affected when Bruno disappeared and his wife and daughter move back to Berlin shortly afterwards, leaving him alone in his job. He treats other soldiers mercilessly and became very disliked. He was taken away from the camp afterwards, but he didn't really care what happened to him anymore.
Gretel[edit]
She is 12 years old and the older sister of Bruno. Bruno refers to her as 'The Hopeless Case' and is somewhat afraid of her. Gretel is also somewhat bossy and likes to think she is more clever than Bruno. However, it suggested that she actually isn't smarter than Bruno because she initially thought Out-With was their holiday home in the countryside, while Bruno was smart enough to think not. Gretel also couldn't give a good answer when Bruno asked what the difference was between Jews and Germans, saying they were 'the opposite of each other'.
Gretel also isn't as mature as she thinks she is, one reason being that she plays with dolls and another being that she calls Bruno 'stupid' or 'an idiot'. Gretel also has a crush on Lieutenant Kotler.
Gretel is also somewhat as naïve and innocent as Bruno. She is also easily influenced as well. Even though she does not show it, she likes Bruno a lot and is also affected when Bruno disappears, shown to be crying as she was missing him. She moves back with Mother to their old house in Berlin in the end.
Maria[edit]
Maria is the family maid. Her mother used to be Bruno's Grandmother's dresser in the early days. It was a hard time for Maria when her mother dies. Father was kind enough to pay for Maria's mother's funeral and hospital fees out of his own pocket, even when he wasn't obliged to, as Maria's mother was an old family friend. Father also gave Maria a job as well as a home with Bruno's family. For this, Maria is very grateful to Bruno's father and defends him when Bruno calls Father stupid. However, when Father was promoted to commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp, Maria started to doubt her image of Father's kind personality and wondered how he could do such a ruthless thing as mass murdering of Jews.
Maria is a kind woman and one of the few people that Bruno could really talk to, shown when Bruno tried to get Maria to agree with him that Out-With is a horrible place.
Lieutenant Kotler (Kurt Kotler)[edit]
Lieutenant Kotler is a young soldier at Auschwitz concentration camp who works for Father (it was shown in the movie that he was only 19-years-old). Kotler has blue eyes and blonde hair, the ideal of the Nazis. He is disliked by Bruno for many reasons, one of them being the fact that Kotler calls Bruno a 'little man' and ruffles his hair. Kotler also makes Bruno feel very cold and unsafe. Another reason why he is disliked by Bruno is that Shmuel was implied to have been beaten up (because of his bruises) after Kotler caught Shmuel eating the chicken Bruno had offered him.
At a point in the story, Kotler has dinner with Bruno's family. When Father asks about Kotler's family, Kotler reveals that he has not been in touch with his father, who went to Switzerland. At the time of World War II, Switzerland was famous for being a neutral area which supported neither the Allies nor Axis in the war. Any German who went to Switzerland at the time was considered a traitor who disagreed with Germany's motives.
Lieutenant Kotler was scared that he would be considered a traitor by Father because he didn't report his own Father, and when Pavel spills wine on him, Kotler overcompensates and shows he is not a traitor by beating Pavel up. However, it was implied that Father still reported Lieutenant Kotler. Kotler was sent to the front to fight for Germany as punishment.
Shmuel[edit]
He is the same age and birthday as Bruno, who he became close fiends with while being imprisoned at Auschwitz concentration camp, where he is a Jewish inmate. Shmuel is Polish. His mother used to teach language while his father made watches. Shmuel used to live with his parents and older brother, Joseph, above their family's watch shop, when one day some soldiers took his family away from their home. They stripped Shmuel of his valuables and possessions, including and especially his golden watch that his father made for him. His mother was separated from the family and Shmuel, his father and grandfather were sent to live in Auschwitz concentration camp.
Before Bruno leaves Out-With, he and Shmuel go together on Shmuel's side of the fence to help Shmuel look for his father, who went missing. They got caught up in a group of men and were forced to march with them. In the end, Shmuel and Bruno died in the gas chambers together, holding each other's hands.
Herr Liszt[edit]
Herr Liszt is a tutor who was assigned to teach Bruno and Gretel privately in Out-With, when Father decided that his children's education must go on. Herr Liszt disapproves of Bruno reading story books, and thinks that books that about real events are the only things that matter. Herr Liszt believes that Germany was robbed in World War I, and basically agrees with everything the German government are doing.
Pavel[edit]
Pavel is a Jewish inmate at Auschwitz concentration camp. He used to practice as a doctor but now peels vegetables for Bruno's family. He is a good man though he is treated badly because he is a Jew, one example being how Lieutenant Kotler beat up Pavel after Pavel spilt wine on him. He is a kind man who cleaned Bruno's wound after he fell from a swing.
Grandfather[edit]
He is retired and owns an eating place in Berlin. On one time he had mentioned to Bruno how 'he had managed to persuade Grandmother to marry him, despite his many faults'. Grandfather is proud at the news his son, Father, has been promoted to commandant. This is because grandfather thinks that Father is serving his country for the better, contrary to Grandmother's beliefs.
Grandmother[edit]
Grandmother used to be an actress and a singer. Every Christmas, she makes costumes for Bruno and Gretel and performs a play for the family with them. She is upset at the news of Father being promoted to commandant. She somehow wonders if it was her fault that Father thinks that having a smart uniform means he is doing something for the greater good, because she let him dress in costumes as well when he was a boy. She dies later in the story due to old age, her conflicts with Father left unresolved, something that Father regrets very much.
The Fury[edit]
The Fury is actually The Führer (which is to say Adolf Hitler) . He promotes Father to the job of being commandant at Auschwitz concentration camp. He invites himself to dinner at Bruno's household and is seen by Bruno as 'quite the rudest guest he had ever seen'.
Eva[edit]
Eva comes along with The Führer to have dinner at Bruno's household. She is seen by Bruno as a beautiful and kind woman. Eva is actually based on a real-life figure who was close to Adolf Hitler. (see Eva Braun)
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "Interview with Children’s Author John Boyne (2006)". Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2007-02-23.
2.Jump up ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/wbc/all
3.^ Jump up to: a b Hughes, Kathryn (21 January 2006). "Educating Bruno". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 8 February 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
4.Jump up ^ Rabbi Benjamin Blech (October 23, 2008). "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas". aish.com. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
 


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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Theboyposter.jpg
Theatrical release poster

Directed by
Mark Herman
Produced by
David Heyman
Screenplay by
Mark Herman
Based on
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
 by John Boyne
Starring
Asa Butterfield
Jack Scanlon
David Thewlis
Vera Farmiga
Amber Beattie

Music by
James Horner
Cinematography
Benoît Delhomme
Edited by
Michael Ellis
Production
 company
Miramax Films
BBC Films
Heyday Films

Distributed by
Walt Disney Studios
 Motion Pictures
Release dates
September 12, 2008

Running time
94 minutes
Country
United Kingdom
 Ireland
Language
English
Budget
$12.5 million
Box office
$40,416,563[1]
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas[2][3] (released in the United States as The Boy in the Striped Pajamas; see spelling differences) is a 2008 British-Irish historical-drama buddy film based on the novel of the same name by Irish writer John Boyne.[4] Directed by Mark Herman and produced by Miramax films, and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It stars Asa Butterfield, Jack Scanlon, David Thewlis, Vera Farmiga, Amber Beattie and Rupert Friend.
This film is a Holocaust drama, and it explores the horror of a World War II Nazi extermination camp through the eyes of two 8-year-old boys; one the son of the camp's Nazi commandant, the other a Jewish inmate.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Reception 3.1 Historical accuracy
3.2 Awards
4 References
5 External links

Plot[edit]
The film opens in Berlin in Nazi Germany during the Holocaust where a little boy named Bruno (Asa Butterfield) is seen playing with his three friends. After arriving home he learns that his father Ralf (David Thewlis) has been promoted. After a party to celebrate the promotion, Bruno, his father, his mother Elsa (Vera Farmiga) and sister Gretel (Amber Beattie) relocate. Bruno hates his new home as there is nobody to play with and very little to explore. After spotting people working on what he thinks is a farm he is also forbidden from playing in the back garden.



 Prisoner's clothing from Sachsenhausen concentration camp
Bruno and his sister, Gretel, get a tutor, Herr Liszt (Jim Norton), who pushes an agenda of antisemitism and nationalist propaganda. Gretel becomes increasingly fanatical in her support for the Third Reich, covering her bedroom wall with Nazi propaganda posters, much to the confusion of Bruno. She flirts with Lieutenant Kurt Kotler (Rupert Friend), her father's subordinate, as her budding sexuality becomes fixated on the ideal of the German soldier. Bruno is confused about Nazi Propaganda, because the Jews Bruno has seen, in particular the family's Jewish servant Pavel (David Hayman), do not resemble the caricatures in Liszt's teachings.
Bruno one day disobeys his parents and sneaks off beyond the back garden. He eventually arrives at a barbed wire fence surrounding a camp, and befriends a boy his own age named Shmuel (Jack Scanlon) who lives on the inside and who asks for food. In the ensuing conversation, the pair's lack of knowledge as to the true nature of the camp is revealed, with Bruno thinking that the striped uniforms that Shmuel, Pavel and the other prisoners all wear are "pajamas". Bruno starts meeting Shmuel regularly, sneaking him food and playing board games with him. Bruno eventually learns Shmuel is a Jew and that he was brought to the camp along with his father.
One day Elsa discovers the reality of Ralf's assignment after Kotler lets slip that the source of the black smoke coming from the camp's chimneys is due to the burning corpses of dead Jews. Elsa confronts and argues with Ralf and is disgusted and heartbroken. At dinner that night, after Bruno claims Herr Liszt won't let him read adventure books and that he mainly teaches him history, Kotler admits history was his favorite subject but that that didn't please his father, who, as an academic had moved to Switzerland. Ralf, upon hearing this, tells Kotler he should have informed the authorities of his father's past as it was his duty. The embarrassed Kotler then uses Pavel's spilling of a wine glass as an excuse to beat the inmate to death. The next morning the maid, Maria, is seen cleaning up the blood stains.
Later that day Bruno sees Pavel's replacement and notices Shmuel has been ordered to the house to clean glasses because of his nimble fingers. Bruno offers him some cake and they start talking. Kotler appears, sees Shmuel chewing and accuses him of stealing. Shmuel says Bruno offered him the cake, but because he is scared of Kotler, Bruno denies this, stating that he has never seen Shmuel before. Believing Bruno, Kotler orders Shmuel to finish cleaning the glasses and that they will then have a "little chat about what happens to rats who steal". Bruno goes to his room distraught and decides to apologize to Shmuel, but he has gone. Every day Bruno returns to the same spot by the camp but does not see Shmuel. Eventually Shmuel re-appears behind the fence with a black eye. Despite Bruno's betrayal, Shmuel forgives him and renews his friendship.
After the funeral of his grandmother, who was killed in Berlin by bombing, Ralf (after another argument with Elsa) decides Bruno and Gretel are to stay with a relative while he "finishes his work" at the camp, accepting that it is no place for the children to live in. Shmuel has problems of his own as his father has gone missing in the camp. Bruno decides to redeem himself by helping Shmuel find his father. The next day Bruno, who is due to leave, arrives back at the camp, and digs under the fence disguised as a Jew. Bruno soon discovers the true nature of the camp after seeing many sick and weak-looking Jews. At one of the huts the boys are taken on a march with other inmates by Sonderkommandos.
At the house, Bruno's absence is noticed. After Gretel and Elsa discover the open window Bruno went through and the remains of a sandwich Bruno was taking for Shmuel, Elsa bursts into Ralf's meeting to alert him that Bruno is missing. Ralf and his men mount a search to find him. They enter the camp, searching for Bruno. In the mean time, Bruno, Shmuel and the other inmates are stopped inside a changing room and are told to take their clothes off for a "shower". They are packed into a gas chamber, where Bruno and Shmuel hold each other's hands. An SS soldier pours some Zyklon B pellets into the chamber, and the prisoners start yelling and banging on the metal door. Ralf, still with his men, arrives at an empty dormitory, signalling to him that a gassing is taking place. Ralf cries out his son's name, and Elsa and Gretel fall to their knees. The film ends by showing the closed door of the now-silent gas chamber.
Cast[edit]
Vera Farmiga as Elsa (Mother)
David Thewlis as Ralf (Father)
Amber Beattie as Gretel
Asa Butterfield as Bruno
Rupert Friend as Kurt Kotler
David Hayman as Pavel
Jack Scanlon as Shmuel
Sheila Hancock as Nathalie (Grandma)
Richard Johnson as Matthias (Grandpa)
Cara Horgan as Maria
Jim Norton as Herr Liszt
Marius Aasen as tree in the wood
Reception[edit]
The film has a 64% with a 6.2/10 average rating on Rotten Tomatoes. James Christopher in The Times referred to it as "a hugely affecting film. Important, too".[5] Manohla Dargis of The New York Times, however, panned the movie because it "trivialized, glossed over, kitsched up, commercially exploited and hijacked [the Holocaust] for a tragedy about a Nazi family".[2]
Historical accuracy[edit]
Some critics have called the very premise of the book and subsequent film—that there would be a child of Bruno's age in the camp—an unacceptable fabrication. Reviewing the original book, Rabbi Benjamin Blech wrote: "Note to the reader: There were no nine-year-old Jewish boys in Auschwitz—the Nazis immediately gassed those not old enough to work."[6]
But, according to statistics from the Labour Assignment Office, Auschwitz-Birkenau contained 619 living male children from one month to fourteen years old on August 30, 1944. On January 14, 1945, 773 male children were registered as living at the camp. "The oldest children were sixteen, and fifty-two were less than eight years of age." "Some children were employed as camp messengers and were treated as a kind of curiosity, while every day an enormous number of children of all ages were killed in the gas chambers".[7][8]
American critic Roger Ebert declared that the film is not attempting to be a forensic reconstruction of Germany during the war, but is "about a value system that survives like a virus".[3]
Awards[edit]
British Independent Film Award[9] Best Actress – Vera Farmiga (winner)
Best Director – Mark Herman (nominated)
Most Promising Newcomer – Asa Butterfield (nominated)
Premio Goya[10] Best European Film (nominated)
Irish Film and Television Award[11] Best International Film (nominated)
Young Artist Awards[12] Best Leading Performance (International Feature Film) - Asa Butterfield, Jack Scanlon (nominated)

References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
2.^ Jump up to: a b Dargis, Manohla (November 7, 2008). "Horror Through a Child's Eyes". The New York Times. Retrieved August 30, 2009.
3.^ Jump up to: a b Ebert, Roger (November 5, 2008). "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved June 25, 2013.
4.Jump up ^ Vilkomerson, Sara (March 31, 2009). "On Demand This Week: Lost Boys". The New York Observer. Retrieved July 4, 2011.
5.Jump up ^ Christopher, James (September 11, 2008). "The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Review". The Times. Archived from the original on August 30, 2009. Retrieved August 30, 2009.
6.Jump up ^ Blech, Benjamin (October 23, 2008). "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas". Aish.com. Archived from the original on August 30, 2009. Retrieved August 30, 2009.
7.Jump up ^ Hermann Langbein People in Auschwitz, translated by Harry Zohn, Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c.2004. ISBN 0-8078-2816-5
8.Jump up ^ Thomas Buergenthal A lucky child : a memoir of surviving Auschwitz as a young boy. London : Profile, 2009. ISBN 1-84668-178-2.
9.Jump up ^ BIFA 2008 Nominations at British Independent Film Awards
10.Jump up ^ 2009 Goya Awards at Alt Film Guide
11.Jump up ^ 2009 Winners—Film Categories at The Irish Film & Television Academy
12.Jump up ^ 2009 Nominations & Recipients at Young Artist Awards
External links[edit]
Official website
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas at the Internet Movie Database
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas at Box Office Mojo
Production notes


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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (film)
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Theboyposter.jpg
Theatrical release poster

Directed by
Mark Herman
Produced by
David Heyman
Screenplay by
Mark Herman
Based on
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
 by John Boyne
Starring
Asa Butterfield
Jack Scanlon
David Thewlis
Vera Farmiga
Amber Beattie

Music by
James Horner
Cinematography
Benoît Delhomme
Edited by
Michael Ellis
Production
 company
Miramax Films
BBC Films
Heyday Films

Distributed by
Walt Disney Studios
 Motion Pictures
Release dates
September 12, 2008

Running time
94 minutes
Country
United Kingdom
 Ireland
Language
English
Budget
$12.5 million
Box office
$40,416,563[1]
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas[2][3] (released in the United States as The Boy in the Striped Pajamas; see spelling differences) is a 2008 British-Irish historical-drama buddy film based on the novel of the same name by Irish writer John Boyne.[4] Directed by Mark Herman and produced by Miramax films, and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It stars Asa Butterfield, Jack Scanlon, David Thewlis, Vera Farmiga, Amber Beattie and Rupert Friend.
This film is a Holocaust drama, and it explores the horror of a World War II Nazi extermination camp through the eyes of two 8-year-old boys; one the son of the camp's Nazi commandant, the other a Jewish inmate.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Reception 3.1 Historical accuracy
3.2 Awards
4 References
5 External links

Plot[edit]
The film opens in Berlin in Nazi Germany during the Holocaust where a little boy named Bruno (Asa Butterfield) is seen playing with his three friends. After arriving home he learns that his father Ralf (David Thewlis) has been promoted. After a party to celebrate the promotion, Bruno, his father, his mother Elsa (Vera Farmiga) and sister Gretel (Amber Beattie) relocate. Bruno hates his new home as there is nobody to play with and very little to explore. After spotting people working on what he thinks is a farm he is also forbidden from playing in the back garden.



 Prisoner's clothing from Sachsenhausen concentration camp
Bruno and his sister, Gretel, get a tutor, Herr Liszt (Jim Norton), who pushes an agenda of antisemitism and nationalist propaganda. Gretel becomes increasingly fanatical in her support for the Third Reich, covering her bedroom wall with Nazi propaganda posters, much to the confusion of Bruno. She flirts with Lieutenant Kurt Kotler (Rupert Friend), her father's subordinate, as her budding sexuality becomes fixated on the ideal of the German soldier. Bruno is confused about Nazi Propaganda, because the Jews Bruno has seen, in particular the family's Jewish servant Pavel (David Hayman), do not resemble the caricatures in Liszt's teachings.
Bruno one day disobeys his parents and sneaks off beyond the back garden. He eventually arrives at a barbed wire fence surrounding a camp, and befriends a boy his own age named Shmuel (Jack Scanlon) who lives on the inside and who asks for food. In the ensuing conversation, the pair's lack of knowledge as to the true nature of the camp is revealed, with Bruno thinking that the striped uniforms that Shmuel, Pavel and the other prisoners all wear are "pajamas". Bruno starts meeting Shmuel regularly, sneaking him food and playing board games with him. Bruno eventually learns Shmuel is a Jew and that he was brought to the camp along with his father.
One day Elsa discovers the reality of Ralf's assignment after Kotler lets slip that the source of the black smoke coming from the camp's chimneys is due to the burning corpses of dead Jews. Elsa confronts and argues with Ralf and is disgusted and heartbroken. At dinner that night, after Bruno claims Herr Liszt won't let him read adventure books and that he mainly teaches him history, Kotler admits history was his favorite subject but that that didn't please his father, who, as an academic had moved to Switzerland. Ralf, upon hearing this, tells Kotler he should have informed the authorities of his father's past as it was his duty. The embarrassed Kotler then uses Pavel's spilling of a wine glass as an excuse to beat the inmate to death. The next morning the maid, Maria, is seen cleaning up the blood stains.
Later that day Bruno sees Pavel's replacement and notices Shmuel has been ordered to the house to clean glasses because of his nimble fingers. Bruno offers him some cake and they start talking. Kotler appears, sees Shmuel chewing and accuses him of stealing. Shmuel says Bruno offered him the cake, but because he is scared of Kotler, Bruno denies this, stating that he has never seen Shmuel before. Believing Bruno, Kotler orders Shmuel to finish cleaning the glasses and that they will then have a "little chat about what happens to rats who steal". Bruno goes to his room distraught and decides to apologize to Shmuel, but he has gone. Every day Bruno returns to the same spot by the camp but does not see Shmuel. Eventually Shmuel re-appears behind the fence with a black eye. Despite Bruno's betrayal, Shmuel forgives him and renews his friendship.
After the funeral of his grandmother, who was killed in Berlin by bombing, Ralf (after another argument with Elsa) decides Bruno and Gretel are to stay with a relative while he "finishes his work" at the camp, accepting that it is no place for the children to live in. Shmuel has problems of his own as his father has gone missing in the camp. Bruno decides to redeem himself by helping Shmuel find his father. The next day Bruno, who is due to leave, arrives back at the camp, and digs under the fence disguised as a Jew. Bruno soon discovers the true nature of the camp after seeing many sick and weak-looking Jews. At one of the huts the boys are taken on a march with other inmates by Sonderkommandos.
At the house, Bruno's absence is noticed. After Gretel and Elsa discover the open window Bruno went through and the remains of a sandwich Bruno was taking for Shmuel, Elsa bursts into Ralf's meeting to alert him that Bruno is missing. Ralf and his men mount a search to find him. They enter the camp, searching for Bruno. In the mean time, Bruno, Shmuel and the other inmates are stopped inside a changing room and are told to take their clothes off for a "shower". They are packed into a gas chamber, where Bruno and Shmuel hold each other's hands. An SS soldier pours some Zyklon B pellets into the chamber, and the prisoners start yelling and banging on the metal door. Ralf, still with his men, arrives at an empty dormitory, signalling to him that a gassing is taking place. Ralf cries out his son's name, and Elsa and Gretel fall to their knees. The film ends by showing the closed door of the now-silent gas chamber.
Cast[edit]
Vera Farmiga as Elsa (Mother)
David Thewlis as Ralf (Father)
Amber Beattie as Gretel
Asa Butterfield as Bruno
Rupert Friend as Kurt Kotler
David Hayman as Pavel
Jack Scanlon as Shmuel
Sheila Hancock as Nathalie (Grandma)
Richard Johnson as Matthias (Grandpa)
Cara Horgan as Maria
Jim Norton as Herr Liszt
Marius Aasen as tree in the wood
Reception[edit]
The film has a 64% with a 6.2/10 average rating on Rotten Tomatoes. James Christopher in The Times referred to it as "a hugely affecting film. Important, too".[5] Manohla Dargis of The New York Times, however, panned the movie because it "trivialized, glossed over, kitsched up, commercially exploited and hijacked [the Holocaust] for a tragedy about a Nazi family".[2]
Historical accuracy[edit]
Some critics have called the very premise of the book and subsequent film—that there would be a child of Bruno's age in the camp—an unacceptable fabrication. Reviewing the original book, Rabbi Benjamin Blech wrote: "Note to the reader: There were no nine-year-old Jewish boys in Auschwitz—the Nazis immediately gassed those not old enough to work."[6]
But, according to statistics from the Labour Assignment Office, Auschwitz-Birkenau contained 619 living male children from one month to fourteen years old on August 30, 1944. On January 14, 1945, 773 male children were registered as living at the camp. "The oldest children were sixteen, and fifty-two were less than eight years of age." "Some children were employed as camp messengers and were treated as a kind of curiosity, while every day an enormous number of children of all ages were killed in the gas chambers".[7][8]
American critic Roger Ebert declared that the film is not attempting to be a forensic reconstruction of Germany during the war, but is "about a value system that survives like a virus".[3]
Awards[edit]
British Independent Film Award[9] Best Actress – Vera Farmiga (winner)
Best Director – Mark Herman (nominated)
Most Promising Newcomer – Asa Butterfield (nominated)
Premio Goya[10] Best European Film (nominated)
Irish Film and Television Award[11] Best International Film (nominated)
Young Artist Awards[12] Best Leading Performance (International Feature Film) - Asa Butterfield, Jack Scanlon (nominated)

References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
2.^ Jump up to: a b Dargis, Manohla (November 7, 2008). "Horror Through a Child's Eyes". The New York Times. Retrieved August 30, 2009.
3.^ Jump up to: a b Ebert, Roger (November 5, 2008). "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved June 25, 2013.
4.Jump up ^ Vilkomerson, Sara (March 31, 2009). "On Demand This Week: Lost Boys". The New York Observer. Retrieved July 4, 2011.
5.Jump up ^ Christopher, James (September 11, 2008). "The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Review". The Times. Archived from the original on August 30, 2009. Retrieved August 30, 2009.
6.Jump up ^ Blech, Benjamin (October 23, 2008). "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas". Aish.com. Archived from the original on August 30, 2009. Retrieved August 30, 2009.
7.Jump up ^ Hermann Langbein People in Auschwitz, translated by Harry Zohn, Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c.2004. ISBN 0-8078-2816-5
8.Jump up ^ Thomas Buergenthal A lucky child : a memoir of surviving Auschwitz as a young boy. London : Profile, 2009. ISBN 1-84668-178-2.
9.Jump up ^ BIFA 2008 Nominations at British Independent Film Awards
10.Jump up ^ 2009 Goya Awards at Alt Film Guide
11.Jump up ^ 2009 Winners—Film Categories at The Irish Film & Television Academy
12.Jump up ^ 2009 Nominations & Recipients at Young Artist Awards
External links[edit]
Official website
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas at the Internet Movie Database
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas at Box Office Mojo
Production notes


[hide]
v ·
 t ·
 e
 
Films directed by Mark Herman


Blame It on the Bellboy (1992) ·
 Brassed Off (1996) ·
 Little Voice (1998) ·
 Purely Belter (2000) ·
 Hope Springs (2003) ·
 The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)
 

 


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English-language films
2000s drama films
Anti-war films about World War II
British films
British war drama films
Films about Jews and Judaism
Films set in Germany
Films set in the 1940s
Films shot in Budapest
Films shot in Hungary
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The Book Thief
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This article is about the novel. For the film adaptation, see The Book Thief (film).
The Book Thief
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak book cover.jpg
1st Edition front cover

Illustrator
Trudy White
Cover artist
Colin Anderson/Brand X Pictures/Getty Images
Country
Germany
Language
English, German
Genre
Novel-Historical Fiction
Publisher
Picador, Australia; Knopf, US

Publication date
 2005(Australia); 14 March 2006 (worldwide)
Media type
Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages
550
ISBN
978-0-375-84220-7
OCLC
183612599
LC Class
PZ7.Z837 Boo 2007
The Book Thief is a novel by Australian author Markus Zusak.[1] Narrated by Death, the book is set in Nazi Germany, a place and time when the narrator notes he was extremely busy. It describes a young girl's relationship with her foster parents, the other residents of their neighborhood, and a young Jewish man who hides in her home during the escalation of World War II. First published in 2005, the book has won numerous awards and was listed on The New York Times Best Seller list for over 230 weeks.[2]


Contents  [hide]
1 Book summary
2 Characters 2.1 Important characters 2.1.1 Liesel Meminger
2.1.2 Hans Hubermann (Papa)
2.1.3 Rosa Hubermann (Mama)
2.1.4 Rudy Steiner
2.1.5 Max Vandenburg
2.1.6 Tommy Müller
2.1.7 Ilsa Hermann
2.1.8 Death
2.2 Hubermann family
2.3 Steiner family
3 Recognition
4 Film
5 References
6 External links

Book summary[edit]
Liesel Meminger is a nine-year-old girl living in Nazi Germany in 1939. Her mother is taken away and forced to give up her two children, Liesel and her brother, and she would often say I love weiners. Werner Meminger. As they are on the train to Molching, Liesel's brother dies, and the narrator, Death, sees her for the first time. They dig Werner's grave by the train track. At Werner's funeral, Liesel steals a book called The Grave Digger's Handbook dropped by a young grave digger's apprentice. Liesel is fascinated by the book, even though she can't read or write. She brings it to her new home.
Liesel arrives at her foster house in a distraught state. She forms a bond with her new foster parents, Hans, and Rosa Hubermann. Hans is a painter and accordion player, and Rosa does washing for a few local customers. Hans teaches Liesel to read and write. Liesel makes friends with many people, including Rudy Steiner. Rudy and Liesel have many adventures together, most of which involve theft. Rudy keeps asking Liesel for a kiss, but she keeps refusing.
Max Vandenburg is a Jew who is being hidden by a friend. Max has been given Hans’ second-hand copy of Mein Kampf with a key hidden inside it. Max then travels to Molching. He opens the door to Liesel’s house on Himmel Street and meets Hans in the kitchen. He collapses on the doorstep. Hans takes Max in, because during World War I, Max's father, Erik, saved Hans's life. For years, Mama, Papa, and Liesel hide Max in their basement. Slowly, they become friends. When Max became ill, Liesel read to him, and talked to him to help him get well. Max also writes a story for Liesel in a homemade book named The Standover Man.
One by one, Rosa’s washing customers have fired her. When the last one, the mayor and his wife Ilsa, fires Rosa as well, Liesel is angry. In retaliation, Liesel and Rudy decide to steal books from the mayor’s house. The mayor and his wife have a large library and, in the past, Ilsa has allowed Liesel to read books in the library during her visits to the house. She stopped in fear the Nazis would catch her with many forbidden books.
Early in 1942, Max becomes ill and collapses. Liesel reads to Max as he gradually recovers.
The Nazis come to Molching to inspect the houses to see if any could be used as air-raid shelters. Liesel feigns a football injury so she can warn Mama and Papa that the Nazis are coming. The family has only a moment to tell Max to hide. He is not found, and their basement is judged to be too shallow for a shelter.
Liesel helps Papa paint when the order comes to blacken windows for the nighttime air raids. Together they mix black paint, and paint people's window blinds to keep out the light. When they take a break for lunch, Hans plays his accordion. During this time, Rudy has become a good athlete, winning three gold medals at a Hitler Youth Event.
Once more, Liesel steals a book from the mayor’s house. Shortly after, Rudy takes her to look at the window of the mayor’s house. They see that a book leans against it, and Liesel cannot resist taking it. As she and Rudy ride their bikes away, Liesel looks back and sees that Ilsa is watching in the window. She waves, and Liesel waves back. Liesel finds a note from Ilsa inside of the dictionary. It says that she knows about the thievery and that it is okay for Liesel to take the books, but that she should come to the front door next time.
When the first air-raid sirens go off, late at night, the family goes down the street to the Fiedlers’ house. Max, left behind, sneaks to the window and sees the stars, for the first time in years. Liesel reads to the people in the shelter.
A convoy of Jews is forced to walk through Molching, and Liesel sees the parade of sick, starving wretches on their way to Dachau, concentration camp. An old man stumbles in the street, and Hans gives him a piece of bread. They are both beaten, and Hans is called a Jew-lover. Immediately, Hans fears they will come to search his home now. That night, Max leaves. Though Hans is positive the Gestapo will come for him, they do not. Max has left for no reason.
An examination took place at school, and Rudy was selected, for his intelligence and his athletic ability, to be part of the new “master race” of Aryans. However his parents refuse to send him away.
In retaliation for his episode with the Jew, Hans is accepted into the Nazi Party, and drafted into the army. Likewise, Rudy’s father, who refused to send his son to the Aryan program, suffers the same fate. Hans has the dreaded job of Special Air Raid Unit. They remain above ground during an air raid to clean up and collect the dead bodies.
There is another raid, and Leisel reads to the neighbourhood to comfort them. When they get home, Rosa gives Liesel Max’s sketch book, The Word Shaker. He talks about Hitler, and how he came to power, and talks about the power of words and symbols.
On duty, Hans breaks his leg and is told he won’t be returning to the unit. Transferred to a desk job, he returns to his family.
When the next group of Jews is driven through the street in Molching, Liesel sees Max among them. She insists on walking with him, until they both are brutally beaten. Max tells her they caught him several months ago, on the way to Stuttgart. When she recovers, Liesel tells Rudy about Max. She shows him the sketch that Max drew of Rudy, with his gold medals around his neck.
Liesel goes once more to the Mayor’s house. She climbs through the window and then sits on the floor in the library. Suddenly filled with anger at the things she has seen in life, she tears a book to shreds. She leaves a note for Ilsa, saying she won’t be back, and leaves. A few days later, Ilsa brings a little black book with lined pages to Liesel, suggesting she write her own story. Liesel begins her story, “The Book Thief.”
A few days later, she is once again in the basement editing her story, when Himmel Street is bombed. The entire street is decimated, and she is the only survivor. Rosa, Hans, and Rudy are all dead. Her book is swept up and thrown in a garbage truck, but is picked up by Death. Liesel goes to live with the Mayor and Ilsa. In 1945, Max returns.
The epilogue reveals that Liesel later moves to Australia and has children and grandchildren. When she meets death herself, he gives her back the notebook she dropped as a girl.
Characters[edit]
Important characters[edit]
Liesel Meminger[edit]
The protagonist of the story. She is an adopted young girl on the verge of adolescence, with blonde hair that "was a close enough brand of German blonde," a "smile that was starving" when she very rarely showed it, and brown eyes, uncommon for a German. She is fostered by the Hubermanns when her father "abandons" their family and her mother is forced to give her up as a foster child. Her brother Werner dies on the journey to the Hubermann household. She is very close to her foster father, Hans Hubermann, and has a rough but loving relationship with her foster mother, Rosa. She befriends Max, the Jew who the Hubermanns are hiding, as well as the mayor's wife, who allows Liesel to read, borrow, and "steal" books from her home library. She also befriends the other children of Himmel Street, among them Rudy Steiner, who becomes her best friend. Despite her many refusals of Rudy's requests for a kiss, her love for him is clear. Liesel finally grants Rudy's much-awaited kiss as he lies dead among the ruins of Himmel Street. After the war, Liesel eventually marries, moves to Australia and starts a family. She dies in Sydney, having always shown a true love for books Max.
Hans Hubermann (Papa)[edit]
Liesel's foster father. As the supporting character, he takes in Liesel and raises her as his own. To make ends meet during the war, he plays the accordion at the local bar, paints, and trades cigarettes for Liesel's books. As the story ventures on, he comforts Liesel and she claims him as her father. He teaches her how to read and write, roll cigarettes and mix paint. Their love for each other increases, and when Liesel needs comfort, he is there.
Rosa Hubermann (Mama)[edit]
Liesel's sharp-tongued, often abrasive, foster mother. She is 5'1" and has a "wardrobe" build, with a displeased face, brown-grey tightly-cinched hair often tied up in a bun, and "chlorinated" eyes. To supplement the household income, she does washing and ironing for five of the wealthier households in Molching. However, as the war causes economic problems, she loses her jobs one by one, the last being at the Hermann household. She has a quick temper, dictates to the household, and is known for straightening out previous foster children; however, though she often swears at Liesel, she cares very much for her. She has two children of her own, Trudy and Hans Jr. She was killed in the Himmel Street bombing.
Rudy Steiner[edit]
Liesel's neighbor and best friend. He is eight months older than Liesel, has bony legs, rugged teeth, blue eyes, lemon-colored hair and likes to get in the middle of situations, especially taking up for his friend, Tommy Muller. Although, for him, Liesel was the one he truly loved. Despite being the German ideal (blond hair and blue eyes), he does not support the Nazis. As part of a household with six children, Rudy is habitually hungry. He is known throughout the neighborhood due to the "Jesse Owens incident" in which he colored himself with coal one night and ran one hundred metres at the local sports field. He is academically and athletically gifted, which attracts the attention of Nazi Party officials, who try to recruit him; when he declines, they take his father, Alex Steiner. He also gets into trouble at the Hitler Youth due to his smart mouth and rebellious nature, and their vindictive group leader. Rudy becomes Liesel's best friend, often accompanying her on her adventures and talking her through her problems. He also teases her, regularly (though always unsuccessfully) asking her for a kiss mostly after he has helped her to accomplish something - for instance when one of Liesel's books (and most prized possession) is thrown into a river, he rescues it. Sadly, Rudy ends up dying in the bombing of Himmel Street, and when Liesel finds him dead on the ground, she finally kisses Rudy.
Max Vandenburg[edit]
A Jewish fist-fighter who hides in the Hubermanns' basement. He is the son of a WWI German soldier who fought with Hans Hubermann. He has brown, feather-like hair and swampy brown eyes. Max's father was Hans' friend in WWI. When visiting his widow, Hans gave her his address and told her if she needed anything to contact him. Years later, during the Nazis' reign of terror, Max's mother calls upon Hans for help. Max's friend travels to Himmel Street to ask Hans to shelter Max, and Hans agrees to do so. After a tortuous journey to the Hubermanns' residence, Max finally regains his health, and befriends Liesel due to their shared affinity for nightmares and words. He writes two books for her and presents her with a sketchbook that contains his life story. Max leaves the Hubermann's residence in 1942. The next time Liesel sees him, he is being escorted with other Jews to a concentration camp near Munich. Liesel joins the group of Jews to speak to him, but this ends with both Max and Liesel being whipped by a soldier. After this incident, Liesel tells Rudy how she and the Hubermanns sheltered Max in their basement. She shows him a page in Max's sketchbook with a drawing of Rudy wearing three medals. Max is revealed to have survived the concentration camp and in 1945 finds Liesel in Alex Steiner's shop.
Tommy Müller[edit]
Another child on Himmel Street. After getting lost in the snow, Tommy developed an ear infection which resulted in multiple ear surgeries, a hearing problem, and nerve damage that makes him twitch. As a result of his twitching and partial deafness, his classmates frequently tease him, and he is punished by his Hitler Youth leader when he is unable to promptly obey commands. Throughout the story, at Hitler Youth, Rudy tends to take up for Tommy, and Tommy and Rudy become closer friends. Tommy is killed in the Himmel Street bombing.
Ilsa Hermann[edit]
The wife of the mayor of Molching. They had a son, Johannes Hermann, who was killed in Russia. Rosa and Liesel do the Hermanns' washing and ironing for a time; eventually the bad economy forces the Hermanns to discontinue the arrangement, in reaction to which Liesel causes a scene. Despite this, Ilsa allows Liesel to continue visiting and read books in the large library in her home. She also gives Liesel the diary, which leads Liesel to write her story, " The Book Thief ". Ilsa takes Liesel into her home after Liesel survives the Himmel Street bombing.
Death[edit]
The narrator throughout the story, Death is sympathetic to humankind and dislikes all of the despair and destruction brought upon humans by War. He comments on the thoughts, morals, and actions of humanity throughout the story while keeping a close eye on Liesel, even though at the beginning of the story he states that it was stupid for him to follow her. He does not seem to have any control over life and death, and frequently calls upon God with, "I don't understand", and answers himself with, "But it's not your job to". He is not invincible. He is tired of his job and wants a vacation, but cannot take one because there would be nobody to replace him. While many people find Death devastating, he is surprisingly humorous.
Hubermann family[edit]
Hans (Father)
Rosa (Mother)
Liesel (Foster Daughter)
Hans Jr. (Son)
Trudy (Daughter)
Max (Jewish friend)
Steiner family[edit]
Alex (father).
Barbara (mother).
Kurt (son).
Rudy (son).
Anne-marie (daughter.)
Karin (daughter).
Emma (daughter).
Bettina (daughter).
Recognition[edit]
2006: Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book (South East Asia & South Pacific)
2006: School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
2006: Daniel Elliott Peace Award
2006: Publishers Weekly Best Children Book of the Year
2006: Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book[3]
2007: Michael L. Printz AwardMichael L. Printz Honor Book[4] The Printz award is given to the best book for teens, based only on the quality of the writing.
2007: Book Sense Book of the Year
Film[edit]
Main article: The Book Thief (film)
Brian Percival has directed the film adaptation, which Michael Petroni scripted. The film was released on November 2013.[5] Much of the movie was filmed in Görlitz, Germany.[6][7] The film features Geoffrey Rush and Emily Watson portraying the Hubermanns, Ben Schnetzer as Max Vandenburg, Nico Liersch as Rudy Steiner, and French-Canadian actress Sophie Nélisse stars as Liesel Meminger. Noted film composer John Williams provided the music soundtrack.[8][9]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "The Book Thief". Transworld Publishers. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
2.Jump up ^ "Best Sellers: Children's Books - May 15, 2011". New York Times. 15 May 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
3.Jump up ^ "2006 Blue Ribbons". The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
4.Jump up ^ "Michael L. Printz Winners and Honor Books". American Library Association. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
5.Jump up ^ "'The Book Thief' sets November release date". Entertainment Weekly.
6.Jump up ^ Roxborough, Scott. "'The Book Thief' Begins Shooting in Germany". The Hollywood Reporter.
7.Jump up ^ "The Book Thief movie adaptation gets a director By Molly Driscoll". Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
8.Jump up ^ http://filmmusicreporter.com/2013/08/06/john-williams-to-score-the-book-thief/
9.Jump up ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0816442/
External links[edit]
The Book Thief on FantasticFiction.co.uk
The Book Thief study guide, quotes, themes, literary devices, teacher resources
Schaefer, Sandy. "'Downton Abbey' Director Hired For 'The Book Thief'". Screen Rant.


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The Book Thief
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak book cover.jpg
1st Edition front cover

Illustrator
Trudy White
Cover artist
Colin Anderson/Brand X Pictures/Getty Images
Country
Germany
Language
English, German
Genre
Novel-Historical Fiction
Publisher
Picador, Australia; Knopf, US

Publication date
 2005(Australia); 14 March 2006 (worldwide)
Media type
Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages
550
ISBN
978-0-375-84220-7
OCLC
183612599
LC Class
PZ7.Z837 Boo 2007
The Book Thief is a novel by Australian author Markus Zusak.[1] Narrated by Death, the book is set in Nazi Germany, a place and time when the narrator notes he was extremely busy. It describes a young girl's relationship with her foster parents, the other residents of their neighborhood, and a young Jewish man who hides in her home during the escalation of World War II. First published in 2005, the book has won numerous awards and was listed on The New York Times Best Seller list for over 230 weeks.[2]


Contents  [hide]
1 Book summary
2 Characters 2.1 Important characters 2.1.1 Liesel Meminger
2.1.2 Hans Hubermann (Papa)
2.1.3 Rosa Hubermann (Mama)
2.1.4 Rudy Steiner
2.1.5 Max Vandenburg
2.1.6 Tommy Müller
2.1.7 Ilsa Hermann
2.1.8 Death
2.2 Hubermann family
2.3 Steiner family
3 Recognition
4 Film
5 References
6 External links

Book summary[edit]
Liesel Meminger is a nine-year-old girl living in Nazi Germany in 1939. Her mother is taken away and forced to give up her two children, Liesel and her brother, and she would often say I love weiners. Werner Meminger. As they are on the train to Molching, Liesel's brother dies, and the narrator, Death, sees her for the first time. They dig Werner's grave by the train track. At Werner's funeral, Liesel steals a book called The Grave Digger's Handbook dropped by a young grave digger's apprentice. Liesel is fascinated by the book, even though she can't read or write. She brings it to her new home.
Liesel arrives at her foster house in a distraught state. She forms a bond with her new foster parents, Hans, and Rosa Hubermann. Hans is a painter and accordion player, and Rosa does washing for a few local customers. Hans teaches Liesel to read and write. Liesel makes friends with many people, including Rudy Steiner. Rudy and Liesel have many adventures together, most of which involve theft. Rudy keeps asking Liesel for a kiss, but she keeps refusing.
Max Vandenburg is a Jew who is being hidden by a friend. Max has been given Hans’ second-hand copy of Mein Kampf with a key hidden inside it. Max then travels to Molching. He opens the door to Liesel’s house on Himmel Street and meets Hans in the kitchen. He collapses on the doorstep. Hans takes Max in, because during World War I, Max's father, Erik, saved Hans's life. For years, Mama, Papa, and Liesel hide Max in their basement. Slowly, they become friends. When Max became ill, Liesel read to him, and talked to him to help him get well. Max also writes a story for Liesel in a homemade book named The Standover Man.
One by one, Rosa’s washing customers have fired her. When the last one, the mayor and his wife Ilsa, fires Rosa as well, Liesel is angry. In retaliation, Liesel and Rudy decide to steal books from the mayor’s house. The mayor and his wife have a large library and, in the past, Ilsa has allowed Liesel to read books in the library during her visits to the house. She stopped in fear the Nazis would catch her with many forbidden books.
Early in 1942, Max becomes ill and collapses. Liesel reads to Max as he gradually recovers.
The Nazis come to Molching to inspect the houses to see if any could be used as air-raid shelters. Liesel feigns a football injury so she can warn Mama and Papa that the Nazis are coming. The family has only a moment to tell Max to hide. He is not found, and their basement is judged to be too shallow for a shelter.
Liesel helps Papa paint when the order comes to blacken windows for the nighttime air raids. Together they mix black paint, and paint people's window blinds to keep out the light. When they take a break for lunch, Hans plays his accordion. During this time, Rudy has become a good athlete, winning three gold medals at a Hitler Youth Event.
Once more, Liesel steals a book from the mayor’s house. Shortly after, Rudy takes her to look at the window of the mayor’s house. They see that a book leans against it, and Liesel cannot resist taking it. As she and Rudy ride their bikes away, Liesel looks back and sees that Ilsa is watching in the window. She waves, and Liesel waves back. Liesel finds a note from Ilsa inside of the dictionary. It says that she knows about the thievery and that it is okay for Liesel to take the books, but that she should come to the front door next time.
When the first air-raid sirens go off, late at night, the family goes down the street to the Fiedlers’ house. Max, left behind, sneaks to the window and sees the stars, for the first time in years. Liesel reads to the people in the shelter.
A convoy of Jews is forced to walk through Molching, and Liesel sees the parade of sick, starving wretches on their way to Dachau, concentration camp. An old man stumbles in the street, and Hans gives him a piece of bread. They are both beaten, and Hans is called a Jew-lover. Immediately, Hans fears they will come to search his home now. That night, Max leaves. Though Hans is positive the Gestapo will come for him, they do not. Max has left for no reason.
An examination took place at school, and Rudy was selected, for his intelligence and his athletic ability, to be part of the new “master race” of Aryans. However his parents refuse to send him away.
In retaliation for his episode with the Jew, Hans is accepted into the Nazi Party, and drafted into the army. Likewise, Rudy’s father, who refused to send his son to the Aryan program, suffers the same fate. Hans has the dreaded job of Special Air Raid Unit. They remain above ground during an air raid to clean up and collect the dead bodies.
There is another raid, and Leisel reads to the neighbourhood to comfort them. When they get home, Rosa gives Liesel Max’s sketch book, The Word Shaker. He talks about Hitler, and how he came to power, and talks about the power of words and symbols.
On duty, Hans breaks his leg and is told he won’t be returning to the unit. Transferred to a desk job, he returns to his family.
When the next group of Jews is driven through the street in Molching, Liesel sees Max among them. She insists on walking with him, until they both are brutally beaten. Max tells her they caught him several months ago, on the way to Stuttgart. When she recovers, Liesel tells Rudy about Max. She shows him the sketch that Max drew of Rudy, with his gold medals around his neck.
Liesel goes once more to the Mayor’s house. She climbs through the window and then sits on the floor in the library. Suddenly filled with anger at the things she has seen in life, she tears a book to shreds. She leaves a note for Ilsa, saying she won’t be back, and leaves. A few days later, Ilsa brings a little black book with lined pages to Liesel, suggesting she write her own story. Liesel begins her story, “The Book Thief.”
A few days later, she is once again in the basement editing her story, when Himmel Street is bombed. The entire street is decimated, and she is the only survivor. Rosa, Hans, and Rudy are all dead. Her book is swept up and thrown in a garbage truck, but is picked up by Death. Liesel goes to live with the Mayor and Ilsa. In 1945, Max returns.
The epilogue reveals that Liesel later moves to Australia and has children and grandchildren. When she meets death herself, he gives her back the notebook she dropped as a girl.
Characters[edit]
Important characters[edit]
Liesel Meminger[edit]
The protagonist of the story. She is an adopted young girl on the verge of adolescence, with blonde hair that "was a close enough brand of German blonde," a "smile that was starving" when she very rarely showed it, and brown eyes, uncommon for a German. She is fostered by the Hubermanns when her father "abandons" their family and her mother is forced to give her up as a foster child. Her brother Werner dies on the journey to the Hubermann household. She is very close to her foster father, Hans Hubermann, and has a rough but loving relationship with her foster mother, Rosa. She befriends Max, the Jew who the Hubermanns are hiding, as well as the mayor's wife, who allows Liesel to read, borrow, and "steal" books from her home library. She also befriends the other children of Himmel Street, among them Rudy Steiner, who becomes her best friend. Despite her many refusals of Rudy's requests for a kiss, her love for him is clear. Liesel finally grants Rudy's much-awaited kiss as he lies dead among the ruins of Himmel Street. After the war, Liesel eventually marries, moves to Australia and starts a family. She dies in Sydney, having always shown a true love for books Max.
Hans Hubermann (Papa)[edit]
Liesel's foster father. As the supporting character, he takes in Liesel and raises her as his own. To make ends meet during the war, he plays the accordion at the local bar, paints, and trades cigarettes for Liesel's books. As the story ventures on, he comforts Liesel and she claims him as her father. He teaches her how to read and write, roll cigarettes and mix paint. Their love for each other increases, and when Liesel needs comfort, he is there.
Rosa Hubermann (Mama)[edit]
Liesel's sharp-tongued, often abrasive, foster mother. She is 5'1" and has a "wardrobe" build, with a displeased face, brown-grey tightly-cinched hair often tied up in a bun, and "chlorinated" eyes. To supplement the household income, she does washing and ironing for five of the wealthier households in Molching. However, as the war causes economic problems, she loses her jobs one by one, the last being at the Hermann household. She has a quick temper, dictates to the household, and is known for straightening out previous foster children; however, though she often swears at Liesel, she cares very much for her. She has two children of her own, Trudy and Hans Jr. She was killed in the Himmel Street bombing.
Rudy Steiner[edit]
Liesel's neighbor and best friend. He is eight months older than Liesel, has bony legs, rugged teeth, blue eyes, lemon-colored hair and likes to get in the middle of situations, especially taking up for his friend, Tommy Muller. Although, for him, Liesel was the one he truly loved. Despite being the German ideal (blond hair and blue eyes), he does not support the Nazis. As part of a household with six children, Rudy is habitually hungry. He is known throughout the neighborhood due to the "Jesse Owens incident" in which he colored himself with coal one night and ran one hundred metres at the local sports field. He is academically and athletically gifted, which attracts the attention of Nazi Party officials, who try to recruit him; when he declines, they take his father, Alex Steiner. He also gets into trouble at the Hitler Youth due to his smart mouth and rebellious nature, and their vindictive group leader. Rudy becomes Liesel's best friend, often accompanying her on her adventures and talking her through her problems. He also teases her, regularly (though always unsuccessfully) asking her for a kiss mostly after he has helped her to accomplish something - for instance when one of Liesel's books (and most prized possession) is thrown into a river, he rescues it. Sadly, Rudy ends up dying in the bombing of Himmel Street, and when Liesel finds him dead on the ground, she finally kisses Rudy.
Max Vandenburg[edit]
A Jewish fist-fighter who hides in the Hubermanns' basement. He is the son of a WWI German soldier who fought with Hans Hubermann. He has brown, feather-like hair and swampy brown eyes. Max's father was Hans' friend in WWI. When visiting his widow, Hans gave her his address and told her if she needed anything to contact him. Years later, during the Nazis' reign of terror, Max's mother calls upon Hans for help. Max's friend travels to Himmel Street to ask Hans to shelter Max, and Hans agrees to do so. After a tortuous journey to the Hubermanns' residence, Max finally regains his health, and befriends Liesel due to their shared affinity for nightmares and words. He writes two books for her and presents her with a sketchbook that contains his life story. Max leaves the Hubermann's residence in 1942. The next time Liesel sees him, he is being escorted with other Jews to a concentration camp near Munich. Liesel joins the group of Jews to speak to him, but this ends with both Max and Liesel being whipped by a soldier. After this incident, Liesel tells Rudy how she and the Hubermanns sheltered Max in their basement. She shows him a page in Max's sketchbook with a drawing of Rudy wearing three medals. Max is revealed to have survived the concentration camp and in 1945 finds Liesel in Alex Steiner's shop.
Tommy Müller[edit]
Another child on Himmel Street. After getting lost in the snow, Tommy developed an ear infection which resulted in multiple ear surgeries, a hearing problem, and nerve damage that makes him twitch. As a result of his twitching and partial deafness, his classmates frequently tease him, and he is punished by his Hitler Youth leader when he is unable to promptly obey commands. Throughout the story, at Hitler Youth, Rudy tends to take up for Tommy, and Tommy and Rudy become closer friends. Tommy is killed in the Himmel Street bombing.
Ilsa Hermann[edit]
The wife of the mayor of Molching. They had a son, Johannes Hermann, who was killed in Russia. Rosa and Liesel do the Hermanns' washing and ironing for a time; eventually the bad economy forces the Hermanns to discontinue the arrangement, in reaction to which Liesel causes a scene. Despite this, Ilsa allows Liesel to continue visiting and read books in the large library in her home. She also gives Liesel the diary, which leads Liesel to write her story, " The Book Thief ". Ilsa takes Liesel into her home after Liesel survives the Himmel Street bombing.
Death[edit]
The narrator throughout the story, Death is sympathetic to humankind and dislikes all of the despair and destruction brought upon humans by War. He comments on the thoughts, morals, and actions of humanity throughout the story while keeping a close eye on Liesel, even though at the beginning of the story he states that it was stupid for him to follow her. He does not seem to have any control over life and death, and frequently calls upon God with, "I don't understand", and answers himself with, "But it's not your job to". He is not invincible. He is tired of his job and wants a vacation, but cannot take one because there would be nobody to replace him. While many people find Death devastating, he is surprisingly humorous.
Hubermann family[edit]
Hans (Father)
Rosa (Mother)
Liesel (Foster Daughter)
Hans Jr. (Son)
Trudy (Daughter)
Max (Jewish friend)
Steiner family[edit]
Alex (father).
Barbara (mother).
Kurt (son).
Rudy (son).
Anne-marie (daughter.)
Karin (daughter).
Emma (daughter).
Bettina (daughter).
Recognition[edit]
2006: Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book (South East Asia & South Pacific)
2006: School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
2006: Daniel Elliott Peace Award
2006: Publishers Weekly Best Children Book of the Year
2006: Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book[3]
2007: Michael L. Printz AwardMichael L. Printz Honor Book[4] The Printz award is given to the best book for teens, based only on the quality of the writing.
2007: Book Sense Book of the Year
Film[edit]
Main article: The Book Thief (film)
Brian Percival has directed the film adaptation, which Michael Petroni scripted. The film was released on November 2013.[5] Much of the movie was filmed in Görlitz, Germany.[6][7] The film features Geoffrey Rush and Emily Watson portraying the Hubermanns, Ben Schnetzer as Max Vandenburg, Nico Liersch as Rudy Steiner, and French-Canadian actress Sophie Nélisse stars as Liesel Meminger. Noted film composer John Williams provided the music soundtrack.[8][9]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "The Book Thief". Transworld Publishers. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
2.Jump up ^ "Best Sellers: Children's Books - May 15, 2011". New York Times. 15 May 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
3.Jump up ^ "2006 Blue Ribbons". The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
4.Jump up ^ "Michael L. Printz Winners and Honor Books". American Library Association. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
5.Jump up ^ "'The Book Thief' sets November release date". Entertainment Weekly.
6.Jump up ^ Roxborough, Scott. "'The Book Thief' Begins Shooting in Germany". The Hollywood Reporter.
7.Jump up ^ "The Book Thief movie adaptation gets a director By Molly Driscoll". Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
8.Jump up ^ http://filmmusicreporter.com/2013/08/06/john-williams-to-score-the-book-thief/
9.Jump up ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0816442/
External links[edit]
The Book Thief on FantasticFiction.co.uk
The Book Thief study guide, quotes, themes, literary devices, teacher resources
Schaefer, Sandy. "'Downton Abbey' Director Hired For 'The Book Thief'". Screen Rant.


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The Book Thief
A man being hugged by a girl, behind them a pile of books is on fire.
Theatrical release poster

Directed by
Brian Percival
Produced by
Karen Rosenfelt
Ken Blancato

Screenplay by
Michael Petroni
Based on
The Book Thief
 by Markus Zusak
Starring
Geoffrey Rush
Emily Watson
Sophie Nélisse

Narrated by
Roger Allam
Music by
John Williams[1]
Cinematography
Florian Ballhaus
Edited by
John Wilson
Production
 company
Sunswept Entertainment

Distributed by
20th Century Fox
Release dates
October 3, 2013 (Mill Valley Film Festival)
November 8, 2013 (United States)

Running time
125 minutes[2]
Country
United States
 Germany
Language
English
 German
Budget
$19 million[3]
Box office
$76,586,316[4]
The Book Thief is a 2013 American-German war drama film directed by Brian Percival and starring Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson, and Sophie Nélisse. Based on the novel of the same name by Markus Zusak and adapted by Michael Petroni, the film is about a young girl living with her adoptive German family during the Nazi era. 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 features a musical score by Oscar-winning composer John Williams.
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 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,[5] while other critics faulting the film's "wishful narrative".[6] With a budget of $19 million,[3] the film was successful at the box office, earning over $76 million.[4]
The Book Thief received Academy Award, Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations for its score. 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 film was released on Blu-ray and DVD on March 11, 2014.[7]


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
4 Soundtrack
5 Release
6 Reception 6.1 Critical response
6.2 Accolades
7 Home media
8 References
9 External links

Plot[edit]
In April 1938, a voice representing Death (Roger Allam) tells about how the young Liesel Meminger (Sophie Nélisse) has piqued his interest. Liesel is traveling on a train with her mother (Heike Makatsch) and younger brother when her brother dies. At his burial she picks up a book that has been dropped by his graveside (a gravedigger's manual). Liesel is then delivered to foster parents Hans (Geoffrey Rush) and Rosa (Emily Watson) Hubermann because her mother, a Communist, is fleeing Germany. When she arrives, Liesel makes an impression on a neighboring boy, Rudy Steiner (Nico Liersch).
Rudy accompanies her on her first day of school. When the teacher asks Liesel to write her name on the chalkboard, she is only able to write two "X"s, showing that she doesn't know how to read. Later that day, she is taunted by her schoolmates who chant "dummkopf" ("fool" in German) at her. One of the boys, Franz Deutscher, challenges her to read just one word to which Liesel responds by beating him up. She impresses Rudy, and they become fast friends. When Hans, her foster father, realizes that Liesel cannot read, he begins to teach her, using the book that she took from the graveside. Liesel becomes obsessed with reading anything she can get her hands on.
Liesel and Rudy become members of the Hitler Youth movement. While at a Nazi book burning ceremony, Liesel and Rudy are bullied into throwing books onto the bonfire by Franz, but Liesel is upset to see the books being burned. When the bonfire ends, and everyone but she has left, she grabs a book that has not been burned. She is seen by Ilsa Hermann (Barbara Auer), the mayor's (Rainer Bock) wife. Hans discovers that she has taken the book and tells her she must keep it a secret from everyone. One day, Rosa asks Liesel to take the laundry to the mayor's house. Liesel realizes that the woman who saw her taking the book is the mayor's wife, and she is scared she will be found out. Instead, Ilsa takes her into their library and tells Liesel she can come by anytime and read as much as she'd like. Liesel also finds out about Johann here, who was the son of Ilsa and is now missing. Ilsa feels the loss of her son profoundly and has kept his library intact to commemorate him. One day Liesel is found reading by the mayor who not only puts a stop to her visits but dismisses Rosa as their laundress. Liesel continues to "borrow" books from the mayor's library by climbing through a window.
There is a night of violence against the Jews (known historically as Kristallnacht). Max Vandenburg (Ben Schnetzer) and his mother, who are Jewish, are told by a friend that one of them (but only one) can escape, and Max's mother forces him to go. Max goes to the Hubermanns' house where Rosa and Hans give him shelter. Max is the son of the man who saved Hans's life in World War I. Max is initially allowed to stay in Liesel's room while recovering from his trip, and they begin to become friends over their mutual hatred of Hitler since Liesel blames Hitler for taking her mother away. World War II begins, initially making most of the children in Liesel's neighborhood very happy. Max is later moved to the basement so that he can move around more, but it is colder in the basement, and Max becomes dangerously ill. Liesel helps Max recover by reading to him with every spare moment.
One day while "borrowing" a book from the mayor's home, Liesel is followed by Rudy. He discovers the secret of the books and also the secret of Max, whose name he reads on a journal Max gave to Liesel for Christmas. Rudy guesses that her family is hiding someone, and he swears to never tell anyone. Franz overhears Rudy's last words of keeping it a secret. Franz violently pushes Rudy to reveal the secret, but Rudy throws the journal into the river to keep it away from Franz. However, after Franz has gone, Rudy plunges into the icy river to rescue the journal, and Liesel realizes that she can truly trust him. Soon a local party member comes by to check the Hubermanns' basement, and they have to hide Max. However, they are told that their basement was being checked as a potential bomb shelter and realize they weren't suspected of harboring a fugitive.
While working one day, Hans sees a neighbor and friend named Lehman being taken away by the police because he is a Jew. Lehman tries to tell the police that he is a German that his son is in the war fighting for Germany, but is dragged off nonetheless; Hans tries to intervene, telling the officer that Lehman is a good man, but Hans's name is taken by the soldiers and Hans is thrown to the ground. Hans realizes what a mistake he has made since this has made his family visible. He tells the family, and Max realises he must leave in order to protect them. Hans then receives a telegram that he has been conscripted into the army and must leave immediately.
On the way home from school one day, Liesel believes she has seen Max in a line of Jews marching through town on their way to a death camp, and she begins screaming his name, running through the line. She is thrown to the sideswalk twice by a German soldier and finally relents when Rosa picks her up and takes her home. Within a few days, Hans returns from the front because he was injured by a bomb that hit his unit's truck.
The family is reunited only for a short time. One night the city is bombed by accident, and the air raid sirens fail to go off. Hans, Rosa, and Rudy's family (except for his father who has also been conscripted into the army) are killed in the blast. Liesel was spared from the bombing because she fell asleep in the basement while writing in the journal given to her by Max. Rudy is brought out of his house by neighbors, and he is barely alive. He begins to tell Liesel that he loves her, but he dies before he can finish the sentence. Liesel begs him to "wake up," telling him that she will give him the kiss that he has been asking for; although he has already died, she nevertheless does actually kisses him. During this scene, Death is heard speaking again about how he received the souls of the dead. Liesel passes out, and one of the soldiers carries her to a stretcher. When she wakes up, she sees a book among the rubble and picks it up. She then sees the mayor and Ilsa drive up. With Ilsa being the only friend she has left, Liesel runs up to her and hugs her.
Two years later, after Germany has fallen to the Allies, Liesel is in the tailor shop owned by Rudy's father, and she sees Max enter. Overjoyed by his survival and return, she runs to hug him. The final scene is Death speaking again about Liesel's life and her death at the age of 90, mentioning her husband, children, and grandchildren, as we look over her modern day Manhattan Upper East Side apartment with pictures of her past and a portrait of her, upon which the camera lingers. The narrator does not state whom she married but implies that she became a writer. Death says that he has seen many good and bad things over the years, but Liesel is one of the few who ever made him wonder "what it [i]s to live." Death concludes that the only truth he knows is true is that he is "haunted by humans".
Cast[edit]
Geoffrey Rush as Hans Hubermann, Liesel's kind-hearted foster father
Sophie Nélisse as Liesel Meminger, the titular "book thief"
Emily Watson as Rosa Hubermann, Liesel's bad-tempered foster mother
Ben Schnetzer as Max Vandenburg, a Jewish refugee staying with the Hubermanns
Nico Liersch as Rudy Steiner, Liesel's best friend and love interest
Sandra Nedeleff as Sarah
Hildegard Schroedter as Frau Becker
Rafael Gareisen as Walter Kugler, Max's best friend
Gotthard Lange as the gravedigger
Godehard Giese as the policeman on the train
Roger Allam as Death, the film's narrator
Oliver Stokowski as Alex Steiner, Rudy's father
Barbara Auer as Ilsa Hermann, the mayor's wife
Heike Makatsch as Liesel's mother
Levin Liam as Franz Deutscher, bully and leader of Rudy's Hitler Youth squad
Carina Wiese as Barbara Steiner, Rudy's mother
Production[edit]
A search for an actress to play the eponymous book thief, Liesel Meminger, occurred across the world. On February 4, 2013, it was announced that Canadian actress Sophie Nélisse was cast in the role and that Australian actor Geoffrey Rush and English actress Emily Watson would be playing Meminger's foster parents.[8]
Principal photography began in early March 2013 at Babelsberg Studio in Potsdam-Babelsberg, Germany.[9] The first trailer was released on August 21.[10]
Markus Zusak, Australian author of the best selling, award-winning book on which the film is based, confirmed on his blog that the film would be narrated by the character of "Death", as was the novel.[11] Fans theorized that Death might be voiced by the anonymous American actor that was used in the official trailer. It was then announced that English actor Roger Allam of Game of Thrones would portray Death in the film.
Soundtrack[edit]
The music for the film was composed by John Williams, and the soundtrack album containing the score was released by Sony Classical. The album was released in the United States on November 19, 2013.[12] It was nominated for an Oscar, BAFTA and Golden Globe for Best Original Score.
The Book Thief marked the first time since 2005 that Williams has scored a film not directed by Steven Spielberg.
Release[edit]
Originally scheduled for January 17 2014, The Book Thief's limited theatrical release was moved forward to November 8, 2013, due to the fact that it was finished ahead of schedule and in order to compete in the 2013–14 award season. It premiered at the Mill Valley Film Festival on October 3, 2013, and was screened at the Savannah Film Festival on October 29, 2013. It expanded to a wide release on November 27, 2013.
Reception[edit]
Critical response[edit]
 The Christian Science Monitor reported that reviews were "middling".[13] The movie currently holds a score of 7.6 on IMDb. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 46%, based on 134 reviews, with an average score of 5.6/10. The site's consensus states, "A bit too safe in its handling of its Nazi Germany setting, The Book Thief counters its constraints with a respectful tone and strong performances."[14] On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 based on reviews from critics, the film has a score of 53 (indicating "mixed or average reviews") based on 31 reviews.[15]
In her review for the New Empress Magazine, Mairéad Roche praised the film for providing a "fresher perspective on the war" through the experiences of ordinary Germans who lived through the Nazi era.[5] In addition to the "Oscar-baiting beautiful" cinematography and John Williams's film score that contribute to the film's emotional appeal, Roche singled out the performance of young Sophie Nélisse as Liesel that "matches the well-measured and seemingly effortless efforts of both Rush and Watson".[5] Roche concluded,

The Book Thief weaves a consistent thread of humanity through its narrative via the commonality of Death, storytelling and the concept of free will. The disturbing sight of children in Hitler Youth uniforms and Allied blanket bombing, when shown through the innocence of a child, humanises the German generation just living their lives without the hindsight of history. A blurring of vision due to tears is to be expected, but that effect is delivered with respect and dignity to the audience.[5]
In his review following the Mill Valley Film Festival, Dennis Harvey at Variety magazine wrote, "Rush generously provides the movie's primary warmth and humor; Watson is pitch-perfect as a seemingly humorless scold with a well-buried soft side."[16] Harvey also praised the film's cinematography and film score, noting that "impeccable design contributions are highlighted by Florian Ballhaus'[s] somber but handsome widescreen lensing and an excellent score by John Williams that reps his first feature work for a director other than Steven Spielberg in years."[16]
In her review for "MSN UK", Emma Roberts gave the film 5 out of 5 stars, stating,

With incredible acting, a gripping story and fantastic direction, "The Book Thief" is a heart-warming yet chilling tale, which will nestle in your mind long after the credits finish rolling.
Stephanie Merry of The Washington Post was less impressed with the film, giving it two and half out of four stars. Merry felt that the film "has its moments of brilliance, thanks in large part to an adept cast" but that the film ultimately shows the difficulties of bringing a successful novel to the screen.[16] In his review for the Los Angeles Times, Robert Abele was also unimpressed, describing the film as "just another tasteful, staid Hollywoodization of terribleness, in which a catastrophic time acts as a convenient backdrop for a wishful narrative rather than the springboard for an honest one".[6]
Accolades[edit]

Award
Category
Nominee
Result
AACTA International Awards[17] Best Supporting Actor Geoffrey Rush Nominated
Academy Awards[18] Best Original Score John Williams Nominated
British Academy Film Awards[19] Best Film Music Nominated
Critics' Choice Movie Awards Best Young Actor/Actress Sophie Nélisse Nominated
Golden Globe Awards[20] Best Original Score John Williams Nominated
Hollywood Film Awards Spotlight Sophie Nélisse Won
Phoenix Film Critics Society Best Performance by a Youth in a Lead or Supporting Role – Female Won
Satellite Awards Best Supporting Actress Emily Watson Nominated
Best Original Score John Williams Nominated
Newcomer Sophie Nélisse Won
Young Artist Awards[21] Best Leading Young Actress in a Feature Film Won
Home media[edit]
The Book Thief was released on Blu-ray and DVD on March 11, 2014.[7]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "John Williams to Score ‘The Book Thief’". Film Music Reporter. August 6, 2013. Retrieved August 6, 2013.
2.Jump up ^ "The Book Thief (12A)". 20th Century Fox. British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved November 8, 2013.
3.^ Jump up to: a b "The Book Thief". The Numbers. January 5, 2014. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
4.^ Jump up to: a b "The Book Thief". Box Office Mojo. February 6, 2014. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
5.^ Jump up to: a b c d Roche, Mairéad (February 28, 2014). "In Review: The Book Thief". New Empress Magazine. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
6.^ Jump up to: a b Abele, Robert (November 8, 2013). "Review: 'The Book Thief' robs the truth from an evil time". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
7.^ Jump up to: a b "The Book Thief (2013): Releases". AllMovie. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
8.Jump up ^ Kit, Borys (February 4, 2013). "Geoffrey Rush and Emily Watson to Star in 'The Book Thief' Movie (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 6, 2013.
9.Jump up ^ Roxborough, Scott (March 11, 2013). "'The Book Thief' Begins Shooting in Germany". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 6, 2013.
10.Jump up ^ Video on YouTube
11.Jump up ^ http://zusakbooks.tumblr.com/post/58924637693/first-book-thief-trailer-the-girl-the-books
12.Jump up ^ http://filmmusicreporter.com/2013/10/19/the-book-thief-soundtrack-details/
13.Jump up ^ Driscoll, Molly (November 8, 2013). "'The Book Thief' movie adaptation receives middling reviews". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
14.Jump up ^ https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_book_thief/
15.Jump up ^ http://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-book-thief/
16.^ Jump up to: a b c Harvey, Dennis (October 4, 2013). "Film Review: ‘The Book Thief’". Variety Magazine. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
17.Jump up ^ Kemp, Stuart (13 December 2013). "'American Hustle' Dominates Australian Academy's International Award Noms". The Hollywood Reporter (Prometheus Global Media). Retrieved 1 January 2014.
18.Jump up ^ "Nominees for the 86th Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. January 16, 2014. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
19.Jump up ^ Reynolds, Simon; Harris, Jamie (January 8, 2014). "BAFTA Film Awards 2014 – nominations in full". Digital Spy. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
20.Jump up ^ "Golden Globes Nominations: The Full List". Variety. January 11, 2014. Retrieved March 10, 2014.
21.Jump up ^ "35th Annual Young Artist Awards". Young Artist Awards. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
External links[edit]
Official website
The Book Thief at the Internet Movie Database
The Book Thief at the TCM Movie Database
The Book Thief at AllMovie
The Book Thief at Box Office Mojo


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The Book Thief (film)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search


The Book Thief
A man being hugged by a girl, behind them a pile of books is on fire.
Theatrical release poster

Directed by
Brian Percival
Produced by
Karen Rosenfelt
Ken Blancato

Screenplay by
Michael Petroni
Based on
The Book Thief
 by Markus Zusak
Starring
Geoffrey Rush
Emily Watson
Sophie Nélisse

Narrated by
Roger Allam
Music by
John Williams[1]
Cinematography
Florian Ballhaus
Edited by
John Wilson
Production
 company
Sunswept Entertainment

Distributed by
20th Century Fox
Release dates
October 3, 2013 (Mill Valley Film Festival)
November 8, 2013 (United States)

Running time
125 minutes[2]
Country
United States
 Germany
Language
English
 German
Budget
$19 million[3]
Box office
$76,586,316[4]
The Book Thief is a 2013 American-German war drama film directed by Brian Percival and starring Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson, and Sophie Nélisse. Based on the novel of the same name by Markus Zusak and adapted by Michael Petroni, the film is about a young girl living with her adoptive German family during the Nazi era. 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 features a musical score by Oscar-winning composer John Williams.
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 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,[5] while other critics faulting the film's "wishful narrative".[6] With a budget of $19 million,[3] the film was successful at the box office, earning over $76 million.[4]
The Book Thief received Academy Award, Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations for its score. 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 film was released on Blu-ray and DVD on March 11, 2014.[7]


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
4 Soundtrack
5 Release
6 Reception 6.1 Critical response
6.2 Accolades
7 Home media
8 References
9 External links

Plot[edit]
In April 1938, a voice representing Death (Roger Allam) tells about how the young Liesel Meminger (Sophie Nélisse) has piqued his interest. Liesel is traveling on a train with her mother (Heike Makatsch) and younger brother when her brother dies. At his burial she picks up a book that has been dropped by his graveside (a gravedigger's manual). Liesel is then delivered to foster parents Hans (Geoffrey Rush) and Rosa (Emily Watson) Hubermann because her mother, a Communist, is fleeing Germany. When she arrives, Liesel makes an impression on a neighboring boy, Rudy Steiner (Nico Liersch).
Rudy accompanies her on her first day of school. When the teacher asks Liesel to write her name on the chalkboard, she is only able to write two "X"s, showing that she doesn't know how to read. Later that day, she is taunted by her schoolmates who chant "dummkopf" ("fool" in German) at her. One of the boys, Franz Deutscher, challenges her to read just one word to which Liesel responds by beating him up. She impresses Rudy, and they become fast friends. When Hans, her foster father, realizes that Liesel cannot read, he begins to teach her, using the book that she took from the graveside. Liesel becomes obsessed with reading anything she can get her hands on.
Liesel and Rudy become members of the Hitler Youth movement. While at a Nazi book burning ceremony, Liesel and Rudy are bullied into throwing books onto the bonfire by Franz, but Liesel is upset to see the books being burned. When the bonfire ends, and everyone but she has left, she grabs a book that has not been burned. She is seen by Ilsa Hermann (Barbara Auer), the mayor's (Rainer Bock) wife. Hans discovers that she has taken the book and tells her she must keep it a secret from everyone. One day, Rosa asks Liesel to take the laundry to the mayor's house. Liesel realizes that the woman who saw her taking the book is the mayor's wife, and she is scared she will be found out. Instead, Ilsa takes her into their library and tells Liesel she can come by anytime and read as much as she'd like. Liesel also finds out about Johann here, who was the son of Ilsa and is now missing. Ilsa feels the loss of her son profoundly and has kept his library intact to commemorate him. One day Liesel is found reading by the mayor who not only puts a stop to her visits but dismisses Rosa as their laundress. Liesel continues to "borrow" books from the mayor's library by climbing through a window.
There is a night of violence against the Jews (known historically as Kristallnacht). Max Vandenburg (Ben Schnetzer) and his mother, who are Jewish, are told by a friend that one of them (but only one) can escape, and Max's mother forces him to go. Max goes to the Hubermanns' house where Rosa and Hans give him shelter. Max is the son of the man who saved Hans's life in World War I. Max is initially allowed to stay in Liesel's room while recovering from his trip, and they begin to become friends over their mutual hatred of Hitler since Liesel blames Hitler for taking her mother away. World War II begins, initially making most of the children in Liesel's neighborhood very happy. Max is later moved to the basement so that he can move around more, but it is colder in the basement, and Max becomes dangerously ill. Liesel helps Max recover by reading to him with every spare moment.
One day while "borrowing" a book from the mayor's home, Liesel is followed by Rudy. He discovers the secret of the books and also the secret of Max, whose name he reads on a journal Max gave to Liesel for Christmas. Rudy guesses that her family is hiding someone, and he swears to never tell anyone. Franz overhears Rudy's last words of keeping it a secret. Franz violently pushes Rudy to reveal the secret, but Rudy throws the journal into the river to keep it away from Franz. However, after Franz has gone, Rudy plunges into the icy river to rescue the journal, and Liesel realizes that she can truly trust him. Soon a local party member comes by to check the Hubermanns' basement, and they have to hide Max. However, they are told that their basement was being checked as a potential bomb shelter and realize they weren't suspected of harboring a fugitive.
While working one day, Hans sees a neighbor and friend named Lehman being taken away by the police because he is a Jew. Lehman tries to tell the police that he is a German that his son is in the war fighting for Germany, but is dragged off nonetheless; Hans tries to intervene, telling the officer that Lehman is a good man, but Hans's name is taken by the soldiers and Hans is thrown to the ground. Hans realizes what a mistake he has made since this has made his family visible. He tells the family, and Max realises he must leave in order to protect them. Hans then receives a telegram that he has been conscripted into the army and must leave immediately.
On the way home from school one day, Liesel believes she has seen Max in a line of Jews marching through town on their way to a death camp, and she begins screaming his name, running through the line. She is thrown to the sideswalk twice by a German soldier and finally relents when Rosa picks her up and takes her home. Within a few days, Hans returns from the front because he was injured by a bomb that hit his unit's truck.
The family is reunited only for a short time. One night the city is bombed by accident, and the air raid sirens fail to go off. Hans, Rosa, and Rudy's family (except for his father who has also been conscripted into the army) are killed in the blast. Liesel was spared from the bombing because she fell asleep in the basement while writing in the journal given to her by Max. Rudy is brought out of his house by neighbors, and he is barely alive. He begins to tell Liesel that he loves her, but he dies before he can finish the sentence. Liesel begs him to "wake up," telling him that she will give him the kiss that he has been asking for; although he has already died, she nevertheless does actually kisses him. During this scene, Death is heard speaking again about how he received the souls of the dead. Liesel passes out, and one of the soldiers carries her to a stretcher. When she wakes up, she sees a book among the rubble and picks it up. She then sees the mayor and Ilsa drive up. With Ilsa being the only friend she has left, Liesel runs up to her and hugs her.
Two years later, after Germany has fallen to the Allies, Liesel is in the tailor shop owned by Rudy's father, and she sees Max enter. Overjoyed by his survival and return, she runs to hug him. The final scene is Death speaking again about Liesel's life and her death at the age of 90, mentioning her husband, children, and grandchildren, as we look over her modern day Manhattan Upper East Side apartment with pictures of her past and a portrait of her, upon which the camera lingers. The narrator does not state whom she married but implies that she became a writer. Death says that he has seen many good and bad things over the years, but Liesel is one of the few who ever made him wonder "what it [i]s to live." Death concludes that the only truth he knows is true is that he is "haunted by humans".
Cast[edit]
Geoffrey Rush as Hans Hubermann, Liesel's kind-hearted foster father
Sophie Nélisse as Liesel Meminger, the titular "book thief"
Emily Watson as Rosa Hubermann, Liesel's bad-tempered foster mother
Ben Schnetzer as Max Vandenburg, a Jewish refugee staying with the Hubermanns
Nico Liersch as Rudy Steiner, Liesel's best friend and love interest
Sandra Nedeleff as Sarah
Hildegard Schroedter as Frau Becker
Rafael Gareisen as Walter Kugler, Max's best friend
Gotthard Lange as the gravedigger
Godehard Giese as the policeman on the train
Roger Allam as Death, the film's narrator
Oliver Stokowski as Alex Steiner, Rudy's father
Barbara Auer as Ilsa Hermann, the mayor's wife
Heike Makatsch as Liesel's mother
Levin Liam as Franz Deutscher, bully and leader of Rudy's Hitler Youth squad
Carina Wiese as Barbara Steiner, Rudy's mother
Production[edit]
A search for an actress to play the eponymous book thief, Liesel Meminger, occurred across the world. On February 4, 2013, it was announced that Canadian actress Sophie Nélisse was cast in the role and that Australian actor Geoffrey Rush and English actress Emily Watson would be playing Meminger's foster parents.[8]
Principal photography began in early March 2013 at Babelsberg Studio in Potsdam-Babelsberg, Germany.[9] The first trailer was released on August 21.[10]
Markus Zusak, Australian author of the best selling, award-winning book on which the film is based, confirmed on his blog that the film would be narrated by the character of "Death", as was the novel.[11] Fans theorized that Death might be voiced by the anonymous American actor that was used in the official trailer. It was then announced that English actor Roger Allam of Game of Thrones would portray Death in the film.
Soundtrack[edit]
The music for the film was composed by John Williams, and the soundtrack album containing the score was released by Sony Classical. The album was released in the United States on November 19, 2013.[12] It was nominated for an Oscar, BAFTA and Golden Globe for Best Original Score.
The Book Thief marked the first time since 2005 that Williams has scored a film not directed by Steven Spielberg.
Release[edit]
Originally scheduled for January 17 2014, The Book Thief's limited theatrical release was moved forward to November 8, 2013, due to the fact that it was finished ahead of schedule and in order to compete in the 2013–14 award season. It premiered at the Mill Valley Film Festival on October 3, 2013, and was screened at the Savannah Film Festival on October 29, 2013. It expanded to a wide release on November 27, 2013.
Reception[edit]
Critical response[edit]
 The Christian Science Monitor reported that reviews were "middling".[13] The movie currently holds a score of 7.6 on IMDb. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 46%, based on 134 reviews, with an average score of 5.6/10. The site's consensus states, "A bit too safe in its handling of its Nazi Germany setting, The Book Thief counters its constraints with a respectful tone and strong performances."[14] On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 based on reviews from critics, the film has a score of 53 (indicating "mixed or average reviews") based on 31 reviews.[15]
In her review for the New Empress Magazine, Mairéad Roche praised the film for providing a "fresher perspective on the war" through the experiences of ordinary Germans who lived through the Nazi era.[5] In addition to the "Oscar-baiting beautiful" cinematography and John Williams's film score that contribute to the film's emotional appeal, Roche singled out the performance of young Sophie Nélisse as Liesel that "matches the well-measured and seemingly effortless efforts of both Rush and Watson".[5] Roche concluded,

The Book Thief weaves a consistent thread of humanity through its narrative via the commonality of Death, storytelling and the concept of free will. The disturbing sight of children in Hitler Youth uniforms and Allied blanket bombing, when shown through the innocence of a child, humanises the German generation just living their lives without the hindsight of history. A blurring of vision due to tears is to be expected, but that effect is delivered with respect and dignity to the audience.[5]
In his review following the Mill Valley Film Festival, Dennis Harvey at Variety magazine wrote, "Rush generously provides the movie's primary warmth and humor; Watson is pitch-perfect as a seemingly humorless scold with a well-buried soft side."[16] Harvey also praised the film's cinematography and film score, noting that "impeccable design contributions are highlighted by Florian Ballhaus'[s] somber but handsome widescreen lensing and an excellent score by John Williams that reps his first feature work for a director other than Steven Spielberg in years."[16]
In her review for "MSN UK", Emma Roberts gave the film 5 out of 5 stars, stating,

With incredible acting, a gripping story and fantastic direction, "The Book Thief" is a heart-warming yet chilling tale, which will nestle in your mind long after the credits finish rolling.
Stephanie Merry of The Washington Post was less impressed with the film, giving it two and half out of four stars. Merry felt that the film "has its moments of brilliance, thanks in large part to an adept cast" but that the film ultimately shows the difficulties of bringing a successful novel to the screen.[16] In his review for the Los Angeles Times, Robert Abele was also unimpressed, describing the film as "just another tasteful, staid Hollywoodization of terribleness, in which a catastrophic time acts as a convenient backdrop for a wishful narrative rather than the springboard for an honest one".[6]
Accolades[edit]

Award
Category
Nominee
Result
AACTA International Awards[17] Best Supporting Actor Geoffrey Rush Nominated
Academy Awards[18] Best Original Score John Williams Nominated
British Academy Film Awards[19] Best Film Music Nominated
Critics' Choice Movie Awards Best Young Actor/Actress Sophie Nélisse Nominated
Golden Globe Awards[20] Best Original Score John Williams Nominated
Hollywood Film Awards Spotlight Sophie Nélisse Won
Phoenix Film Critics Society Best Performance by a Youth in a Lead or Supporting Role – Female Won
Satellite Awards Best Supporting Actress Emily Watson Nominated
Best Original Score John Williams Nominated
Newcomer Sophie Nélisse Won
Young Artist Awards[21] Best Leading Young Actress in a Feature Film Won
Home media[edit]
The Book Thief was released on Blu-ray and DVD on March 11, 2014.[7]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "John Williams to Score ‘The Book Thief’". Film Music Reporter. August 6, 2013. Retrieved August 6, 2013.
2.Jump up ^ "The Book Thief (12A)". 20th Century Fox. British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved November 8, 2013.
3.^ Jump up to: a b "The Book Thief". The Numbers. January 5, 2014. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
4.^ Jump up to: a b "The Book Thief". Box Office Mojo. February 6, 2014. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
5.^ Jump up to: a b c d Roche, Mairéad (February 28, 2014). "In Review: The Book Thief". New Empress Magazine. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
6.^ Jump up to: a b Abele, Robert (November 8, 2013). "Review: 'The Book Thief' robs the truth from an evil time". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
7.^ Jump up to: a b "The Book Thief (2013): Releases". AllMovie. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
8.Jump up ^ Kit, Borys (February 4, 2013). "Geoffrey Rush and Emily Watson to Star in 'The Book Thief' Movie (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 6, 2013.
9.Jump up ^ Roxborough, Scott (March 11, 2013). "'The Book Thief' Begins Shooting in Germany". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 6, 2013.
10.Jump up ^ Video on YouTube
11.Jump up ^ http://zusakbooks.tumblr.com/post/58924637693/first-book-thief-trailer-the-girl-the-books
12.Jump up ^ http://filmmusicreporter.com/2013/10/19/the-book-thief-soundtrack-details/
13.Jump up ^ Driscoll, Molly (November 8, 2013). "'The Book Thief' movie adaptation receives middling reviews". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
14.Jump up ^ https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_book_thief/
15.Jump up ^ http://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-book-thief/
16.^ Jump up to: a b c Harvey, Dennis (October 4, 2013). "Film Review: ‘The Book Thief’". Variety Magazine. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
17.Jump up ^ Kemp, Stuart (13 December 2013). "'American Hustle' Dominates Australian Academy's International Award Noms". The Hollywood Reporter (Prometheus Global Media). Retrieved 1 January 2014.
18.Jump up ^ "Nominees for the 86th Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. January 16, 2014. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
19.Jump up ^ Reynolds, Simon; Harris, Jamie (January 8, 2014). "BAFTA Film Awards 2014 – nominations in full". Digital Spy. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
20.Jump up ^ "Golden Globes Nominations: The Full List". Variety. January 11, 2014. Retrieved March 10, 2014.
21.Jump up ^ "35th Annual Young Artist Awards". Young Artist Awards. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
External links[edit]
Official website
The Book Thief at the Internet Movie Database
The Book Thief at the TCM Movie Database
The Book Thief at AllMovie
The Book Thief at Box Office Mojo


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Nuremberg Trials
NurembergTrialsBanner.png
Opening screen

Directed by
C. Svilov
Produced by
Roman Karmen
Music by
A. Grana
Cinematography
Roman Karmen
Boris Makaseyev
S. Semionov
V. Shtatland
Edited by
A. Vinogradov
Distributed by
Artkino Pictures
Release dates
United States May 24, 1947
Running time
58 min.
Country
Soviet Union USSR
Language
English
The Nuremberg Trials was a Soviet-made documentary film about the trials of the Nazi leadership. It was produced by Roman Karmen, and was an English-language version of the Russian language film Суд народов (Judgment of the Peoples).
Most of the film describes the Nazis' crimes in detail, particularly those committed in the Soviet Union. It claims that if not stopped, the Nazis would have "turned the whole world into a Majdanek". It also includes some elements of anti-capitalist propaganda, claiming that the real rulers of Germany were "armament kings" such as Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach. Of the Holocaust and the recovery of gold from its victims, the film states that the Nazis "even made death into a commercial enterprise", and this truly happened.
It is noted in the film that the Soviet Union objected to the acquittal of Hans Fritzsche, Franz von Papen and Hjalmar Schacht, and to the fact that Rudolf Hess was given a sentence of life imprisonment, rather than a death sentence. The film shows the corpses of the executed Nazis, before ending with the words "Let the Nuremberg Trial be a stern warning to all warmongers. Let it serve the cause of world-wide peace – of an enduring and democratic peace" spoken while displayed on-screen.
Notes[edit]
The film does not refer to the Auschwitz concentration camp by the German name by which it is usually known in the English-speaking world, but instead, referred to "the martyrs of Majdanek and Osventsim", using the Russian name Освенцим.
See also[edit]
That Justice Be Done, American propaganda film about the Nuremberg Trials.
Death Mills, American propaganda film about the Nazi atrocities.
Judgment at Nuremberg, American fictionalized film account of the Judges' Trial.
List of Allied propaganda films of World War II
List of Holocaust films
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Nuremberg Trials
NurembergTrialsBanner.png
Opening screen

Directed by
C. Svilov
Produced by
Roman Karmen
Music by
A. Grana
Cinematography
Roman Karmen
Boris Makaseyev
S. Semionov
V. Shtatland
Edited by
A. Vinogradov
Distributed by
Artkino Pictures
Release dates
United States May 24, 1947
Running time
58 min.
Country
Soviet Union USSR
Language
English
The Nuremberg Trials was a Soviet-made documentary film about the trials of the Nazi leadership. It was produced by Roman Karmen, and was an English-language version of the Russian language film Суд народов (Judgment of the Peoples).
Most of the film describes the Nazis' crimes in detail, particularly those committed in the Soviet Union. It claims that if not stopped, the Nazis would have "turned the whole world into a Majdanek". It also includes some elements of anti-capitalist propaganda, claiming that the real rulers of Germany were "armament kings" such as Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach. Of the Holocaust and the recovery of gold from its victims, the film states that the Nazis "even made death into a commercial enterprise", and this truly happened.
It is noted in the film that the Soviet Union objected to the acquittal of Hans Fritzsche, Franz von Papen and Hjalmar Schacht, and to the fact that Rudolf Hess was given a sentence of life imprisonment, rather than a death sentence. The film shows the corpses of the executed Nazis, before ending with the words "Let the Nuremberg Trial be a stern warning to all warmongers. Let it serve the cause of world-wide peace – of an enduring and democratic peace" spoken while displayed on-screen.
Notes[edit]
The film does not refer to the Auschwitz concentration camp by the German name by which it is usually known in the English-speaking world, but instead, referred to "the martyrs of Majdanek and Osventsim", using the Russian name Освенцим.
See also[edit]
That Justice Be Done, American propaganda film about the Nuremberg Trials.
Death Mills, American propaganda film about the Nazi atrocities.
Judgment at Nuremberg, American fictionalized film account of the Judges' Trial.
List of Allied propaganda films of World War II
List of Holocaust films
External links[edit]
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That Justice Be Done was a one-reel propaganda film made in 1946 by the Office of War Information for the US Chief of Counsel at Nuremberg and the War Crimes Office of the Judge Advocate General's Corps.
The film opens with a shot of the Jefferson Memorial and a voice over of Jefferson declaring his opposition to all forms of tyranny, then slowly fades to footage of Adolf Hitler making a speech soon dubbed into English "We have the right to do anything which benefits the German race, including complete expulsion of inferior peoples." The camera then moves to the crowds of people shouting Sieg heil and the soundtrack continues over pictures of war crimes.
The narrator describes how the various classes of war criminals, traitors, and people who committed specific acts are dealt with, then moves on to the major Nazi war criminals. The narrator states that we cannot torture or poison them like they did to their victims, but must uphold a higher standard of justice, exemplified by George Washington. The film states that 1945 must be the year of not only Germany's military defeat but also that of a trial and therefore a public exposure and repudiation of the ideas of Nazism itself.
See also[edit]
List of Allied propaganda films of World War II
The Nuremberg Trials - a Soviet propaganda film about the Nuremberg Trials
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That Justice Be Done was a one-reel propaganda film made in 1946 by the Office of War Information for the US Chief of Counsel at Nuremberg and the War Crimes Office of the Judge Advocate General's Corps.
The film opens with a shot of the Jefferson Memorial and a voice over of Jefferson declaring his opposition to all forms of tyranny, then slowly fades to footage of Adolf Hitler making a speech soon dubbed into English "We have the right to do anything which benefits the German race, including complete expulsion of inferior peoples." The camera then moves to the crowds of people shouting Sieg heil and the soundtrack continues over pictures of war crimes.
The narrator describes how the various classes of war criminals, traitors, and people who committed specific acts are dealt with, then moves on to the major Nazi war criminals. The narrator states that we cannot torture or poison them like they did to their victims, but must uphold a higher standard of justice, exemplified by George Washington. The film states that 1945 must be the year of not only Germany's military defeat but also that of a trial and therefore a public exposure and repudiation of the ideas of Nazism itself.
See also[edit]
List of Allied propaganda films of World War II
The Nuremberg Trials - a Soviet propaganda film about the Nuremberg Trials
External links[edit]
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Death Mills
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Death Mills

Directed by
Billy Wilder
Hanuš Burger
Written by
Hanuš Burger
Edited by
Billy Wilder (supervisor)
Distributed by
United States Department of War
Release dates
1945 (Germany)

Running time
22 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English/German
Death Mills (or Die Todesmühlen) is a 1945 American propaganda film directed by Billy Wilder and produced by the United States Department of War. The film was intended for German audiences to educate them about the atrocities committed by the Nazi regime. For the German version, Die Todesmühlen, Hanus Burger is credited as the writer and director, while Wilder supervised the editing. Wilder is credited with directing the English-language version.


Contents  [hide]
1 Synopsis
2 Concentration camps
3 See also
4 External links

Synopsis[edit]



 A British Army bulldozer pushes bodies into a mass grave at Belsen. April 19, 1945
The film opens with a note that the following is "a reminder that behind the curtain of Nazi pageants and parades was millions of men, women and children who were tortured to death - the greatest mass murder in human history," then fades into German civilians at Gardelegen carrying crosses to the local concentration camp.
Most of the film includes footage of the newly liberated camps over a score of stark classical music. The narrator notes that people of all nationalities were found in the camps, including people of all religious or political creeds. There is no mention of the particular fate of Jewish people. The film states that 20 million people were killed and describes many of the familiar aspects of the Holocaust, including the medical experiments and the gas chambers.
Concentration camps[edit]



 American war crimes investigators question Irmgard Huber at the Hadamar Euthanasia Centre, May 1945


 As Minister of Economics, Walther Funk accelerated the pace of rearmament and as Reichsbank president banked for the SS the gold rings of Buchenwald victims
The images from the camps are fresh and brutal, with many shots of piles of skeletal corpses, naked skeletal survivors (often supported by fellow prisoners) together with footage of prosperous-looking German citizens being forced to observe their suffering. Some are also forced to carry the corpses to be buried, although most of this work was usually carried out by ex-camp guards (as at Belsen concentration camp).
There are shots of mass graves, as well as of individual burials, as at Hadamar, now known to be a euthanasia or action T4 centre. Some of the footage appears to be of Soviet origin, and includes shots taken at Majdanek death camp which was one of the first camps to be liberated in 1944 by the Russians. There are shots of the crematoria at several camps, as well as the infamous slogans erected at the entrances of most camps, such as Arbeit macht frei.
Perhaps most moving of all are the piles of stolen personal belongings of gassed victims, filmed by the Russians when they liberated Auschwitz, as well as by US troops at Buchenwald. They include piles of clothes, shoes, toys, wedding rings and gold teeth destined for the vaults of the Reichsbank.
See also[edit]
List of Allied propaganda films of World War II
List of Holocaust films
The Nuremberg Trials - Soviet film about the Nuremberg trials
That Justice Be Done - American film about the Nuremberg trials
External links[edit]
The short film Death Mills Todesmuehlen is available for free download at the Internet Archive [more]
Death Mills Todesmuehlen at the Internet Movie Database (English version)
Todesmühlen, Die at the Internet Movie Database (German version)
Complete film at US Holocaust Museum
The Death Mills at AllMovie
DVD version available from KINO International Corporation


[hide]
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Films directed by Billy Wilder


Mauvaise Graine (1934) ·
 The Major and the Minor (1942) ·
 Five Graves to Cairo (1943) ·
 Double Indemnity (1944) ·
 The Lost Weekend (1945) ·
 Death Mills (1945, documentary) ·
 The Emperor Waltz (1948) ·
 A Foreign Affair (1948) ·
 Sunset Boulevard (1950) ·
 Ace in the Hole (1951) ·
 Stalag 17 (1953) ·
 Sabrina (1954) ·
 The Seven Year Itch (1955) ·
 The Spirit of St. Louis (1957) ·
 Love in the Afternoon (1957) ·
 Witness for the Prosecution (1957) ·
 Some Like It Hot (1959) ·
 The Apartment (1960) ·
 One, Two, Three (1961) ·
 Irma la Douce (1963) ·
 Kiss Me, Stupid (1964) ·
 The Fortune Cookie (1966) ·
 The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970) ·
 Avanti! (1972) ·
 The Front Page (1974) ·
 Fedora (1978) ·
 Buddy Buddy (1981)
 

 


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American World War II propaganda shorts
English-language films
German-language films
Films directed by Billy Wilder
Documentary films about the Holocaust




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Death Mills
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search


Death Mills

Directed by
Billy Wilder
Hanuš Burger
Written by
Hanuš Burger
Edited by
Billy Wilder (supervisor)
Distributed by
United States Department of War
Release dates
1945 (Germany)

Running time
22 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English/German
Death Mills (or Die Todesmühlen) is a 1945 American propaganda film directed by Billy Wilder and produced by the United States Department of War. The film was intended for German audiences to educate them about the atrocities committed by the Nazi regime. For the German version, Die Todesmühlen, Hanus Burger is credited as the writer and director, while Wilder supervised the editing. Wilder is credited with directing the English-language version.


Contents  [hide]
1 Synopsis
2 Concentration camps
3 See also
4 External links

Synopsis[edit]



 A British Army bulldozer pushes bodies into a mass grave at Belsen. April 19, 1945
The film opens with a note that the following is "a reminder that behind the curtain of Nazi pageants and parades was millions of men, women and children who were tortured to death - the greatest mass murder in human history," then fades into German civilians at Gardelegen carrying crosses to the local concentration camp.
Most of the film includes footage of the newly liberated camps over a score of stark classical music. The narrator notes that people of all nationalities were found in the camps, including people of all religious or political creeds. There is no mention of the particular fate of Jewish people. The film states that 20 million people were killed and describes many of the familiar aspects of the Holocaust, including the medical experiments and the gas chambers.
Concentration camps[edit]



 American war crimes investigators question Irmgard Huber at the Hadamar Euthanasia Centre, May 1945


 As Minister of Economics, Walther Funk accelerated the pace of rearmament and as Reichsbank president banked for the SS the gold rings of Buchenwald victims
The images from the camps are fresh and brutal, with many shots of piles of skeletal corpses, naked skeletal survivors (often supported by fellow prisoners) together with footage of prosperous-looking German citizens being forced to observe their suffering. Some are also forced to carry the corpses to be buried, although most of this work was usually carried out by ex-camp guards (as at Belsen concentration camp).
There are shots of mass graves, as well as of individual burials, as at Hadamar, now known to be a euthanasia or action T4 centre. Some of the footage appears to be of Soviet origin, and includes shots taken at Majdanek death camp which was one of the first camps to be liberated in 1944 by the Russians. There are shots of the crematoria at several camps, as well as the infamous slogans erected at the entrances of most camps, such as Arbeit macht frei.
Perhaps most moving of all are the piles of stolen personal belongings of gassed victims, filmed by the Russians when they liberated Auschwitz, as well as by US troops at Buchenwald. They include piles of clothes, shoes, toys, wedding rings and gold teeth destined for the vaults of the Reichsbank.
See also[edit]
List of Allied propaganda films of World War II
List of Holocaust films
The Nuremberg Trials - Soviet film about the Nuremberg trials
That Justice Be Done - American film about the Nuremberg trials
External links[edit]
The short film Death Mills Todesmuehlen is available for free download at the Internet Archive [more]
Death Mills Todesmuehlen at the Internet Movie Database (English version)
Todesmühlen, Die at the Internet Movie Database (German version)
Complete film at US Holocaust Museum
The Death Mills at AllMovie
DVD version available from KINO International Corporation


[hide]
v ·
 t ·
 e
 
Films directed by Billy Wilder


Mauvaise Graine (1934) ·
 The Major and the Minor (1942) ·
 Five Graves to Cairo (1943) ·
 Double Indemnity (1944) ·
 The Lost Weekend (1945) ·
 Death Mills (1945, documentary) ·
 The Emperor Waltz (1948) ·
 A Foreign Affair (1948) ·
 Sunset Boulevard (1950) ·
 Ace in the Hole (1951) ·
 Stalag 17 (1953) ·
 Sabrina (1954) ·
 The Seven Year Itch (1955) ·
 The Spirit of St. Louis (1957) ·
 Love in the Afternoon (1957) ·
 Witness for the Prosecution (1957) ·
 Some Like It Hot (1959) ·
 The Apartment (1960) ·
 One, Two, Three (1961) ·
 Irma la Douce (1963) ·
 Kiss Me, Stupid (1964) ·
 The Fortune Cookie (1966) ·
 The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970) ·
 Avanti! (1972) ·
 The Front Page (1974) ·
 Fedora (1978) ·
 Buddy Buddy (1981)
 

 


Categories: 1945 films
American World War II propaganda shorts
English-language films
German-language films
Films directed by Billy Wilder
Documentary films about the Holocaust




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