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The Reader is a 2008 German-American romantic drama film directed by Stephen Daldry, written by David Hare on the basis of the 1995 German novel of the same name by Bernhard Schlink, and starring Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, David Kross, Bruno Ganz and Karoline Herfurth.
The film centers on a sexual relationship between Hanna (Kate Winslet), a woman in her mid-30s, and Michael (David Kross), a boy of 15. That such things are wrong is beside the point; they happen, and the story is about how it connected with her earlier life and his later one.
Jan 30, 2009 · The Reader: Directed by Stephen Daldry. With Ralph Fiennes, Jeanette Hain, David Kross, Kate Winslet. Post-WWII Germany: Nearly a decade after his affair with an older woman came to a mysterious end, law student Michael Berg re-encounters his former lover as she defends herself in a war-crime trial.
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- Drama, Mystery, Romance
- Stephen Daldry
- 2009-01-30
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Dec 9, 2008 · Dec. 9, 2008. “The Reader” is a scrupulously tasteful more on that word tasteful later film about an erotic affair that turns to love. It is also, more obliquely, about the Holocaust and the...
- Stephen Daldry
It tells the story of Michael Berg (David Kross and Ralph Fiennes, as younger and older versions of the character, respectively), who reencounters his former lover, Hanna Schmitz (Winslet), nearly a decade after their affair. She's now defending herself in a war-crime trial.
