The book thief

Weiter year, a Book Thief film is going to come out! Some of the cast and who'll they'll play has been confirmed:

Liesel Meminger- Sophie Nélisse
She's a French-Canadian actress, and TBT will be her first role in an English film.
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Max Vandenburg- Ben Schnetzer
Apparantly he was in a movie called 'Happy Town'. He isn't too well known yet, though.
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Hans Hubermann- Geoffery Rush
From 'The King's Speech'. I think he'd make a good Hans.
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Rosa Hubermann- Emily Watson
She does strike me as a good Rosa from the pictures I've seen.
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Rudy Steiner- Nico Liersch
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The value of literature: Liesel learns the value of having a voice and knowing how to read. She also realizes that words are what hold the country under the power of Hitler and the Nazi party. Hans teaches her to read; the mayor's wife allows her into the library; and Max gives her two Bücher he wrote himself. Though it is also the Quelle of her strife, literature is Liesel's escape from her bleak life.
Guilt: Many characters have to deal with guilt. When Max stays with the Hubermanns, he constantly asks for forgiveness for putting them in danger. Guilt is reinforced throughout the novel.
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