Talk:The Book Thief (film)

Country

I'm curious why, with an international cast, a British director and a German studio, this movie is labeled American. Is ti simply because Fox distributes it?211.225.33.104 (talk) 09:18, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

It looks like Fox 2000 is the main studio behind the film. Babelsberg Studios is more of a production company used by Fox to produce the film, presumably to set it in Germany without issue. If you think the country status of the film is too ambiguous still, we can change it from "American" to "English-language" per MOS:FILM#Lead section. Erik (talk | contribs) 12:09, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

The biggest star in the movie is Geoffrey Rush. He is a british actor, but in recent years, he has worked steadily in movies produced by American studios. I wasn't aware a German studio produced "Book Thief" but its possible Fox provided a lot of financing for the production budget. Marc S. Dania Fl206.192.35.125 (talk) 15:32, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

Geoffrey Rush is Australian, not British. Logicman1966 (talk) 11:42, 6 January 2014 (UTC)

It is indeed mystifying how this movie is, in any way, American.OrodesIII (talk) 17:37, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

I guess the same way Liesel dies in the US instead of Australia. Richardson mcphillips (talk) 20:04, 26 February 2017 (UTC)

MSN UK

Since when did MSN UK become a credible source of reviews?

Things like New York Times et al I can understand but I have never seen a reference to this as a source anywhere on the internet — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.75.251.224 (talk) 18:51, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

Removed. Not properly sourced. Cannot WP:VERIFY.

It was strange choice considering all the other possible reviews from WP:NOTABLE critics that an editor could choose from, but I removed it for the simpler reason that there was no link to the original review WP:V. Most MSN content is republished from other places so it might have been written by a reputable critic or journalist but without a link there was no way to be sure the review even exists, and the text wasn't entirely made up by some fan. -- 109.76.133.190 (talk) 14:29, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

Joachim Paul Assböck

No mention of Joachim Paul Assböck in the de: article of the film nor him being in the film on the actor's page. SlightSmile 16:37, 17 June 2014 (UTC)

The bomb didn't hit Hans' truck?

In the 6th paragraph of the 'Plot' section, the article states 'Hans returns from the front because he was injured by a bomb that hit another of his unit's truck'. If the truck that was bombed was not his, then why did he return needing a cane, and also deaf? Did I miss something?

Note: Even if the book states that the truck was not his, it shouldn't be grounds for putting it in the film article if it is not present in the film. Surely? I am a new Wikipedia editor, and therefore I may be incorrect on this. AlexiG42 (talk) 11:22, 24 April 2016 (UTC)

The clear implication in the film is that Hans was injured when a truck was overturned by an explosion. The wording is awkward and 'another of' is not clear. I will adjust the text. Verbcatcher (talk) 03:48, 15 January 2018 (UTC)