Downton Abbey frequenter Brain Percival makes only his second feature film with an adaptation of Markus Zusak’s World War II-set novel THE BOOK THIEF. Adapted for the screen by THE RITE’s Michael Petroni, the film tells the heartbreaking and harrowing story of young Liesel Meminger, played by newcomer Sophie Nélisse. A young girl adopted by a loving family during the rise of Nazism in World War II Germany who uses her love of reading as a way to rebel against the evil regime.
Oscar-winning Australian actor Geoffrey Rush and acclaimed British actress Emily Watson portray her new parents in the film arriving in the US on the 15th November and the UK from the 31st January 2014.
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