Running time/rating: 2:11, PG-13 for some violence and intense depiction of thematic material. Rarely has a story about an angelic schoolgirl been narrated by Death. But such is the case in the dark ...

Markus Zusak’s seminal novel “The Book Thief” is a potent work of Holocaust fiction for young adults that should be read alongside “The Diary of Anne Frank” and Elie Wiesel’s “Night.” Like any film ...

Narrated, like the international best-seller upon which it is based, by Death (Roger Allam), “The Book Thief” has been derided as Holocaust kitsch by some. But I dare you not to be swept up in this ...

USA TODAY Review%3A **%BD Stars%3A Sophie N%E9lisse%2C Geoffrey Rush%2C Emily Watson Rated PG-13%3B Runtime%3A 1 hour%2C 31 minutes%3B opens Friday nationwide For a ...

Rarely has a story about an angelic schoolgirl been narrated by Death. But such is the case in the dark, yet wondrous Nazi Germany-set "The Book Thief." ''Here's a small fact: You are going to die," ...

Death, it turns out, is not proud. The narrator of The Book Thief is many things -- sardonic, wry, darkly humorous, compassionate -- but not especially proud. As author Marcus Zusak channels him, ...

“The Book Thief” is terribly likable, which is an odd thing to say about a Holocaust movie. Based on the best-selling book by Markus Zusak, the film is set in a small town in World War II-era Germany.

A World War II film with an unexpected theme. "I'm always finding humans at their best and their worst," concludes Death, narrator of the new film, The Book Thief, "I see their ugliness and their ...

In 1938, the young girl Liesel Meminger is traveling by train with her mother and her younger brother when he dies. Her mother buries the boy in a cemetery by the tracks and Liesel picks up a book, ...

POTSDAM, Germany — Biting cold and a blue, blue April sky marked the day as perfect for a foot race. On the back lot of Babelsberg Film Studio here outside of the German capital, young actors Sophie ...