 | Geoffrey Rush als Hans Hubermann |
 | Sophie Nélisse als Liesel Meminger |
 | Emily Watson als Rosa Hubermann |
 | Nico Liersch als Rudy Steiner |
 | Ben Schnetzer als Max Vandenburg |
 | Heike Makatsch als Liesel's mother |
 | Barbara Auer als Ilsa Hermann |
 | Roger Allam als Narrator / Death (voice) |
 | Rainer Bock als Bürgermeister Hermann |
 | Gotthard Lange als Grave Digger |
 | Rainer Reiners als Priest |
 | Kirsten Block als Frau Heinrich |
 | Julian Lehmann als Liesel's Brother |
 | Ludger Bökelmann als Football Urchin |
| Paul Schaefer als Football Urchin |
| Nozomi Linus Kaisar als Fat Faced Goalie |
 | Oliver Stokowski als Alex Steiner |
| Robert Beyer als Jewish Accountant |
 | Hildegard Schroedter als Frau Becker |
 | Levin Liam als Franz Deutscher |
 | Sandra Nedeleff als Max's Mother |
 | Rafael Gareisen als Walter, Nazi Soldier |
 | Carl Heinz Choynski als Jürgen the Groundsman |
 | Mike Maas als Rolf Fischer |
 | Sebastian Hülk als Gestapo Agent |
 | Matthias Matschke als Wolfgang |
| Beata Lehmann als Woman with Champagne |
| Laina Schwarz als Neighbor |
 | Marie Burchard als Neighbor |
| Georg Tryphon als Neighbor |
 | Joachim Paul Assböck als Officer |
 | Martin Ontrop als Herr Lehmann |
| Jan Andres als Fellow Conscript |
 | Stephanie Stremler als Post Woman |
 | Carina Wiese als Barbara Steiner |
| Ken Blancato | Producer |
| Brian Percival | Director |
| Markus Zusak | Novel |
| Redmond Morris | Executive Producer |
| Karen Rosenfelt | Producer |
| John Williams | Original Music Composer |
| Florian Ballhaus | Director of Photography |
| John Wilson | Editor |
| Kate Dowd | Casting |
| Simon Elliott | Production Design |
| Mark Rosinski | Set Decoration |
| Anna B. Sheppard | Costume Design |
| Jens Löckmann | Art Direction |
| Anja Müller | Art Direction |
| Michael Petroni | Writer |
| Pamela Grujic | Makeup Department Head |
| Katja Fischer | Set Designer |
| Michael Fissneider | Set Designer |
| Esther Schreiner | Assistant Art Director |
| Niv Adiri | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Ben Barker | Sound Effects Editor |
| Danny Freemantle | Sound Effects Editor |
| Glenn Freemantle | Sound Designer |
| Glenn Freemantle | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Eilam Hoffman | Sound Effects Editor |
| Helen McGovern | Boom Operator |
| Andy Nelson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Dirk Schäfer | Boom Operator |
| Klaus Mielich | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Kerstin Kensy | Visual Effects Producer |
| Florian Gellinger | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Jonathan Weber | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Antje Rau | Stunt Coordinator |
| Simone Bär | Casting |
| Markus Ernst | Costume Supervisor |
| Brigitte Friedländer-Rodriguez | Costume Supervisor |
| Natascha Gotowtschikow | Set Costumer |
| Sonja Greif | Set Costumer |
| Ramiro Belgardt | Music Editor |
| Andreas Grasshoff | Transportation Captain |
| Elizabeth West | Script Supervisor |
| Jeanette Haley | Post Production Supervisor |
| Alex Rouse | Wigmaker |
| Bill Crutcher | Supervising Art Director |
| James Gemmill | Scenic Artist |
| Russell Oxley | Scenic Artist |
| Adam Dale | Helicopter Camera |
| Jules Heath | Still Photographer |
| Janosch Voss | Gaffer |
| Thorsten Kosselek | Best Boy Electric |
| Theresa Anna Luther | Set Costumer |
| Barbara Berkery | Dialect Coach |
| Elspeth Brodie | Dialect Coach |
| Stacy Mann | Unit Publicist |
| Michael Herbell | Location Manager |
| Paul Apted | Dialogue Editor |
| Gillian Dodders | Dialogue Editor |
| Emilie O'Connor | Dialogue Editor |
| R.J. Kizer | Dialogue Editor |
| Fae Hammond | Hair Designer |
| Fae Hammond | Makeup Designer |
| Rachael Speke | Key Hair Stylist |
| Rachael Speke | Key Makeup Artist |
| Marika Knappe | Makeup Artist |
| Susanne Kasper | Makeup Artist |
| Phil Booth | First Assistant Director |
| Ralph Eisenmann | First Assistant Director |
| Tom Rye | Second Assistant Director |
| Lisa Hauss | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Martin Berg | Art Department Assistant |
| Johannes Maria Laboga | Art Department Assistant |
| Iris Paschedag | Assistant Art Director |
| Björn Holzhausen | Assistant Property Master |
| Tonja Schürmann | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Uwe Schaer | Construction Manager |
| Laura Bach | Draughtsman |
| Eva-Maria Müller | Painter |
| Nane Cornelius | Set Decoration Buyer |
| Bülent Akgün | Set Dresser |
| Sandra Wortmann | Set Dresser |
| Dominik Reindl | Set Painter |
| Lisa McDiarmid | Standby Art Director |
| Helko Klünder | Standby Carpenter |
| Raymond Boy | Storyboard Artist |
| Florian Emmerich | "A" Camera Operator |
| Nicolay Gutscher | "B" Camera Operator |
| Adam Dale | Aerial Director of Photography |
| Benjamin Anton | Best Boy Grip |
| Vicky Heienbrok | Camera Trainee |
| Dan Carling | Digital Imaging Technician |
| Maximilian Link | Digital Imaging Technician |
| Maximilian Linus Dreusch | Electrician |
| Sebastian Lindner | Electrician |
| Thijs Wagelaar | Electrician |
| Stephan Große | Electrician |
| Peter Byrne | First Assistant "A" Camera |
| Karim Rahmani | First Assistant "B" Camera |
| Arne Müller | Grip |
| Camilo Sottolichio | Grip |
| Jaroslav Spana | Grip |
| Florian Prinz | Key Grip |
| Hinrich Peters | Lighting Technician |
| Mathias Beier | Rigging Gaffer |
| Abigail Catto | Second Assistant "A" Camera |
| Jan Grunwald | Second Assistant "B" Camera |
| Maja Meschede | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Dorothée Bach | Costume Assistant |
| Emma Rees | Costumer |
| Nannette Schwarz | Costumer |
| Julia Schädle | Costumer |
| Nana Seemann | Costumer |
| Jenny Dechene | Tailor |
| Angelika Kauz | Tailor |
| Gabriele Klinke | Tailor |
| Jan Dieckmann | Textile Artist |
| Gillian Wood | Textile Artist |
| Daryl Bristow | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Clare Harlow | Casting Assistant |
| Alexandra Montag | Casting Assistant |
| Christin Geigemüller | Extras Casting Assistant |
| Patrick Winkler | Extras Casting Assistant |
| Sascha Dhillon | Associate Editor |
| Matt Adams | Digital Intermediate |
| Paul Ensby | Digital Intermediate Colorist |
| Jaime Leonard | Digital Intermediate Editor |
| Kim Honeyman | Digital Intermediate |
| Jeffery L. Parks | Online Editor |
| Lora Tucci | ADR Recordist |
| Dominik Avenwedde | ADR Recordist |
| Bernhard Köpke | ADR Recordist |
| Peter Gleaves | ADR Recordist |
| Mike Tehrani | ADR Recordist |
| Alessandro Mongardini | ADR Recordist |
| André Stiebe | ADR Recordist |
| Nick Freemantle | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Peter Hanson | Foley Editor |
| Glen Gathard | Foley Recordist |
| Manfred Banach | Production Sound Mixer |
| Ryan Cole | Sound Recordist |
| Nina Hartstone | Supervising ADR Editor |
| Nina Hartstone | Supervising Dialogue Editor |
| Uli Nefzer | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Rene Barthel | Special Effects Technician |
| Andreas Schiller | Special Effects Technician |
| Bernhard Esperester | 3D Artist |
| Björn Kähler | 3D Artist |
| Alexander Schumann | 3D Artist |
| Konstantin Borchert | Compositor |
| Markus Frank | Compositor |
| Christoph Hasche | Compositor |
| Petter Idestroem | Compositor |
| Julia Kietzmann | Compositor |
| Natalie Meffert | Compositor |
| Jan Piccart | Compositor |
| Thorsten Scholz | Compositor |
| Lonni Wong | Compositor |
| Oliver Hohn | Compositing Lead |
| Rayk Schroeder | Compositing Lead |
| Andreas Wiget | Matte Painter |
| Andreas Bundenthal | Visual Effects Technical Director |
| Andreas Giesen | Visual Effects Technical Director |
| Lucia Foster Found | Aerial Coordinator |
| Geraint Jones | First Assistant Accountant |
| Matt Curtis | Main Title Designer |
| Heiner Borger | Pilot |
| Bettina Brenner | Production Accountant |
| Katrin Eser | Production Assistant |
| Eral Kalender | Production Assistant |
| Jessie Kerry | Production Assistant |
| Sam Vester | Production Assistant |
| Fabienne Zaumseil | Production Assistant |
| Christina Syring | Production Coordinator |
| Anna Klausing | Production Secretary |
| Nils Brillat | Set Production Assistant |
| Philipp Heintze | Set Production Assistant |
| Moritz Kolf | Set Production Assistant |
| Sebastian Luck | Set Production Assistant |
| Carolina Ronzino | Set Production Assistant |
| Bárbara Morelos-Zaragoza | Translator |
| Benedikt Bothe | Unit Manager |
| Philipp Klausing | Unit Production Manager |
| Axel Kahnt | Property Master |
| Peter Burgis | Foley Artist |
| Nathaniel De'Lineadeus | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Chris Lyons | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
