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The Reader
“Behind the mystery lies a truth that will make you question everything you know.”
7.5 / 10• 2008• 2h 4m•R• English
DramaRomance
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Ralph Fiennes
Michael Berg
Lead
Kate Winslet
Hanna Schmitz
David Kross
Young Michael Berg
Lena Olin
Rose Mather
Bruno Ganz
Professor Rohl
Jeanette Hain
Brigitte
Hannah Herzsprung
Julia
Karoline Herfurth
Marthe
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Stephen Daldry's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Reader is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
