Geoffrey Rush (Hans Hubermann), Sophie Nélisse (Liesel Meminger), Emily Watson (Rosa Hubermann), Nico Liersch (Rudy Steiner), Ben Schnetzer (Max Vandenburg), Heike Makatsch (Liesel's mother), Barbara Auer (Ilsa Hermann) more..., Roger Allam (Narrator / Death (voice)), Rainer Bock (Mayor Hermann), Gotthard Lange (Grave Digger), Rainer Reiners (Priest), Kirsten Block (Mrs. Heinrich), Julian Lehmann (Liesel's Brother), Ludger Bökelmann (Football Urchin), Paul Schaefer (Football Urchin), Nozomi Linus Kaisar (Fat Faced Goalie), Oliver Stokowski (Alex Steiner), Robert Beyer (Jewish Accountant), Hildegard Schroedter (Ms. Becker), Levin Liam (Franz Deutscher), Sandra Nedeleff (Max's Mother), Rafael Gareisen (Walter), Carl Heinz Choynski (Jürgen the Groundsman), Mike Maas (Rolf Fischer), Sebastian Hülk (Gestapo Agent), Matthias Matschke (Wolfgang), Beata Lehmann (Woman with Champagne), Laina Schwarz (Neighbor), Marie Burchard (Neighbor), Georg Tryphon (Neighbor), Joachim Paul Assböck (Officer), Martin Ontrop (Mr. Lehmann), Jan Andres (Fellow Conscript), Stephanie Stremler (Post Woman), Carina Wiese (Barbara Steiner)

Peter Burgis (Foley Artist), Chris Lyons (Special Effects Makeup Artist), Nathaniel De'Lineadeus (Special Effects Makeup Artist), Markus Zusak (Novel), Ken Blancato (Producer), Karen Rosenfelt (Producer), Redmond Morris (Executive Producer) more..., Kate Dowd (Casting), Florian Ballhaus (Director of Photography), John Wilson (Editor), Jens Löckmann (Art Direction), Anna B. Sheppard (Costume Design), Mark Rosinski (Set Decoration), Simon Elliott (Production Design), Anja Müller (Art Direction), John Williams (Original Music Composer), Michael Petroni (Writer), Pamela Grujic (Makeup Department Head), Danny Freemantle (Sound Effects Editor), Markus Ernst (Costume Supervisor), Andy Nelson (Sound Re-Recording Mixer), Antje Rau (Stunt Coordinator), Simone Bär (Casting), Elizabeth West (Script Supervisor), Jeanette Haley (Post Production Supervisor), Michael Fissneider (Set Designer), Glenn Freemantle (Supervising Sound Editor), Klaus Mielich (Special Effects Coordinator), Natascha Gotowtschikow (Set Costumer), Sonja Greif (Set Costumer), Andreas Grasshoff (Transportation Captain), Eilam Hoffman (Sound Effects Editor), Helen McGovern (Boom Operator), Dirk Schäfer (Boom Operator), Katja Fischer (Set Designer), Esther Schreiner (Assistant Art Director), Ramiro Belgardt (Music Editor), Kerstin Kensy (Visual Effects Producer), Florian Gellinger (Visual Effects Supervisor), Niv Adiri (Sound Re-Recording Mixer) and others.