The Reader

Drama, Romance

2008

R | 124 minutes

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Overview

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

Ralph Fiennes image
Ralph Fiennes
Kate Winslet image
Kate Winslet
David Kross image
David Kross
Lena Olin image
Lena Olin
Bruno Ganz image
Bruno Ganz
Jeanette Hain image
Jeanette Hain
Hannah Herzsprung image
Hannah Herzsprung
Karoline Herfurth image
Karoline Herfurth
Volker Bruch image
Volker Bruch
Alexandra Maria Lara image
Alexandra Maria Lara
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