Barbara Auer’s Typical Vibe
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Barbara Auer has 3 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2010s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by The Book Thief.
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While subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in her home, a Jewish refugee is being sheltered by her adoptive parents.
Dir. Brian Percival · With Geoffrey Rush, Sophie Nélisse, Emily Watson

In an attempt to flee Nazi-occupied France, Georg assumes the identity of a dead author but soon finds himself stuck in Marseilles, where he falls in love with Maria, a young woman searching for her missing husband.
Dir. Christian Petzold · With Franz Rogowski, Paula Beer, Godehard Giese

A young East German woman leaves her controlling husband/business partner and relocates to a West German city to start anew as an accountant, but he soon catches up with her.
Dir. Christian Petzold · With Nina Hoss, Devid Striesow, Hinnerk Schönemann
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