Levin liam and nico liersch biography
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The year is 1938, and Liesel Meminger (Sophie Nélisse) is beginning a new life on a street named after Heaven in Germany. She’s been adopted by Hans (Geoffrey Rush) and Rosa Hubermann (Emily Watson). Her mother, an alleged communist, has been forced to flee the country in order to protect herself, leaving Liesel with a new family.
Though she has some trouble adjusting to her new home, Liesel quickly forms a strong friendship with her neighbor, Rudy Steiner (Nico Liersch). Rudy is impressed when Liesel beats up the class bully, Franz Deutscher (Levin Liam), after he makes fun of her for not knowing how to read.
As her friendship with Rudy grows and she settles into her new home, Liesel is taught to read by Hans, and she becomes obsessed with words. The first book they conquer is a grave digger’s handbook, which she stole when her brother was buried.
Liesel keeps a dictionary on the basement walls, writing the words that she discovers in chalk. Even after the war brea
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The Book Thief’s Israeli premiere took place last night in the presence of director Brian Percival, producer Karen Rosenfelt and the film’s bright young star Sophie Nélisse. Earlier in the day, the three took time out to chat with journalists in Tel Aviv, where the 13 year old Canadian actor not only charmed me with her poise, candor, intelligence and warmth, but also informed my perspective on the film.
Based on the novel bygd Markus Zusak, The Book Thief follows the story of Liesel Meminger (Sophie Nélisse) through the turbulent war years in Germany. Liesel’s destitute and desperate mother can no längre care for her, and she fryst vatten sent to live with foster parents: Hans (Geoffrey Rush) Hubermann, a genial, mostly out of work painter, who plays the accordion, and Rosa (Emily Watson), a dour, sour, plain-spoken woman who supports the family by taking in laundry. Although she is about ten years old when she moves in with the Hubermanns on skyn Street, she does no
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The Book Thief (film)
2013 film by Brian Percival
The Book Thief is a 2013 wardrama film directed by Brian Percival and starring Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson, and Sophie Nélisse. The film is based on the 2005 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&