THE BOOK THIEF

THE BOOK THIEF (2013) award-winning American-German drama film.  The title role, Liesel, is carried by lovely Sophie Nélisse.   In Nazi Germany, Liesel is taught to read by her adoptive father.  She and blonde Franz become friends and members of Hitler Youth.  During a book-burning, she takes a book and is caught by and befriended by the mayor’s wife.  Thereafter Liesel “steals” (borrows) books from the mayor’s home and shares them with Max, a Jewish refugee sheltered by her adoptive parents.  The Nazis find and take Max.  The story is narrated by Death.