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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 tells the story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a 15 ...
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
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.
Bride of Re-Animator. Shakespeare in Love. The Constant Gardener. Drugstore Cowboy. Sea of Love. The Holiday. The Dressmaker. Pineapple Express. Meet the talented cast and crew behind 'The Reader ...
Dec 23, 2008 · Bernhard Schlink. The crucial decision in "The Reader" is made by a 24-year-old youth, who has information that might help a woman about to be sentenced to life in prison, but withholds it. He is ashamed to reveal his affair with this woman. By making this decision, he shifts the film's focus from the subject of German guilt about the Holocaust ...
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Marieke Spencer. Michael Simon de Normier. Nora Skinner. Redmond Morris. Sabine Schenk. Sydney Pollack. Tarik Karam. Jump to: Cast | Crew. Find movie and film cast and crew information for The Reader (2008) - Stephen Daldry on AllMovie.
