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- Many of the critics of "The Reader" seem to believe it is all about Hanna's shameful secret. No, not her past as a Nazi guard. The earlier secret that she essentially became a guard to conceal.
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Hanna Schmitz (Frau Shmitz) Character Analysis. Michael ’s lover and the story’s antagonist. Often described by Michael as “tired,” Hanna’s emotions, motivations, and personalities can be seen only through the eyes of Michael, who is often conflicted about her.
Dec 23, 2008 · Many of the critics of "The Reader" seem to believe it is all about Hanna's shameful secret. No, not her past as a Nazi guard. The earlier secret that she essentially became a guard to conceal. Others think the movie is an excuse for soft-core porn disguised as a sermon. Still others say it asks us to pity Hanna.
Michael realizes that Hanna is keeping a personal secret she believes is worse than her Nazi past – a secret which, if revealed, could help her at the trial. Some historians criticised the film for making Schmitz an object of the audience's sympathy and accused the filmmakers of Holocaust revisionism .
- $108.9 million
- Nico Muhly
- $32 million
Michael, after guessing about Hannah's secret, thought quite a bit about telling the judge. At some level though, he wanted to respect Hanna's wishes. For whatever illogical reason that Hannah...
In movie The Reader, Hanna Schmitz was sentenced to life imprisonment because of her role in the death of 300 victims. But I could not understand whether she was really responsible for that or whether she was framed by her colleague because of her illiteracy? Did she really do that? Why didn't they show this part in the movie? analysis.
- She denies authorship of a report on the church fire, despite pressure from the other defendants, but then admits it rather than complying with a d...
- According to director Stephen Daldry , the ambiguity is intentional: I think it's a complex story, and there is a great ambiguity. And one of th...
- Hanna Smitchz was, in a way, responsible for the the death of the 300 people. Her illiteracy does not omit her from the wrongs she had committed wh...
- Hanna was probably guilty but you would have to question her overall intelligence. In the film she had no understanding of right or wrong. First of...
- In response to the poster above who remarks that Hanna was not intelligent and could thus not distinguish right from wrong, I would like to make a...
- it seems to me that the whole theme of the movie was that she had decided to cover up being illiterate at all costs ------- and she proved it by ag...
- Hanna is a morally ambiguous character. I have read that some believe she was based on Ilsa Koch, but the crimes and cruelty that Hanna was accused...
He’s on the side of truth; he knows Hanna’s secret and that the court’s narrative is dubious. He represents a “competent defense” for Hanna and juxtaposes his searching inquiries with the court’s superficial and self-serving proceedings. With Michael’s character, the reader can see how the questions established morals.
As Hanna's past is revealed, Michael uncovers a deep secret that will impact both of their lives. THE READER is a story about truth and reconciliation, about how one generation comes to terms with the crimes of another.
