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The Reader (2008)

The Reader (2008)

Drama Romance

Behind the mystery lies a truth that will make you question everything you know.

Release Date: 2008, December 10
Directors: Stephen Daldry
Countries: Germany, United States of America
Production: The Weinstein Company, Mirage Enterprises, Studio Babelsberg
Cast: Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, Alexandra Maria Lara, Sylvester Groth, Marie Gruber, Heike Hanold-Lynch, Jürgen Tarrach, Lena Olin, David Kross, Carmen-Maja Antoni, Karoline Herfurth, Burghart Klaußner

Overview:

The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with an older woman, Hanna, who then disappeared only to resurface years later as one of the defendants in a war crimes trial stemming from her actions as a concentration camp guard late in the war. He alone realizes that Hanna is illiterate and may be concealing that fact at the expense of her freedom.

Keywords:

based on novel or book frantic world war ii complex embarrassed cautionary cruel tragic cynical depressing disheartening war crimes trial courtroom drama germany love affair women's prison teenage sexuality older woman younger man relationship law student female prisoner reading aloud reading to someone secret lover shame literacy west germany