Who is the narrator in the movie Book Thief?

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I have just saw the movie and I have some doubts about the narrator's identity.

In the first part of the movie it made me suspect that he is Liesel's brother (I think there was a line were he mentions he was alive once)
When Max came into picture I gained the impression that the narrator is his father
An in the end, before the bombing it appears to be Death

I can't say for certain who it is.

Alexandru Cimpanu · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-26 07:07:13Z

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And now that I've searched a bit on IMDb I saw at at Cast the answer:

Roger Allam ... Narrator / Death (voice)

answered Mar 26, 2015 at 7:07

Alexandru Cimpanu

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I don't know if such a little casting credit really is a sufficient explanation of the whole matter. Maybe the narrator had more than one identity? But I haven't seen the movie, so this is pure speculation based on your question. I'm just saying that such an easy-out IMDb answer seems a bit "lame" to me.
– Napoleon Wilson ♦
Mar 26, 2015 at 14:38
For me all three possibilities seem plausible. In the end it does sound like Death but throughout the movie I had the impression that it was someone who knew them.
– Alexandru Cimpanu
Mar 26, 2015 at 14:47
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I haven't seen the movie but in the book, the narrator is explicitly "Death."
– rosends
Mar 26, 2015 at 19:04
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@NapoleonWilson, As mentioned by Dan about the narrator in the book, in the movie also narrator doesn't have multiple identities, only one - "Death".
– chaitanya89
Mar 27, 2015 at 13:36

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