Geoffrey Rush as Hans Hubermann

Sophie Nélisse as Liesel Meminger

Emily Watson as Rosa Hubermann

Nico Liersch as Rudy Steiner

Ben Schnetzer as Max Vandenburg

Heike Makatsch as Liesel's mother

Barbara Auer as Ilsa Hermann

Roger Allam as Narrator / Death (voice)

Rainer Bock as Bürgermeister Hermann

Gotthard Lange as Grave Digger

Rainer Reiners as Priest

Kirsten Block as Frau Heinrich

Julian Lehmann as Liesel's Brother

Ludger Bökelmann as Football Urchin

Paul Schaefer as Football Urchin

Nozomi Linus Kaisar as Fat Faced Goalie

Oliver Stokowski as Alex Steiner

Robert Beyer as Jewish Accountant

Hildegard Schroedter as Frau Becker

Levin Liam as Franz Deutscher

Sandra Nedeleff as Max's Mother

Rafael Gareisen as Walter, Nazi Soldier

Carl Heinz Choynski as Jürgen the Groundsman

Mike Maas as Rolf Fischer

Sebastian Hülk as Gestapo Agent

Matthias Matschke as Wolfgang

Beata Lehmann as Woman with Champagne

Laina Schwarz as Neighbor

Marie Burchard as Neighbor

Georg Tryphon as Neighbor

Joachim Paul Assböck as Officer

Martin Ontrop as Herr Lehmann

Jan Andres as Fellow Conscript

Stephanie Stremler as Post Woman

Carina Wiese as Barbara Steiner