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The Reader is a film based on a novel by Bernhard Schlink, starring Kate Winslet as a former Nazi guard who hides a secret from a young lover. The film explores themes of love, guilt, justice and literacy in post-war Germany.
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.
- (262K)
- Drama, Mystery, Romance
- Stephen Daldry
- 2009-01-30
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 ...
- 3 min
- 558K
- MarcusWrightHeroe
Michael Berg (David Kross), a teen in postwar Germany, begins a passionate but clandestine affair with Hanna Schmitz (Kate Winslet), an older woman who...
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- Stephen Daldry
- R
- Kate Winslet
A middle-aged lawyer reflects on the brief affair he had as a teen with an older woman -- who ended up on trial for Nazi war crimes eight years later. Watch trailers & learn more.
The Reader. 2008 · 2 hr 5 min. Romance · Drama. In post-WWII Germany, a law student finds the older woman with whom he had an affair eight years ago, among Nazi prison guards being tried for murder. Subtitles: English. Starring: Kate Winslet Ralph Fiennes David Kross Susanne Lothar Alissa Wilms Jeanette Hain Florian Bartholomäi.
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THE READER opens in post-war Germany when teenager Michael Berg becomes ill and is helped home by Hanna, a stranger twice his age. Michael recovers from scarlet fever and seeks out Hanna to thank her.