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The Reader

The Reader (2008)

Behind the mystery lies a truth that will make you question everything you know.

  • 7.5/10 · 3.5K
  • R
  • Dec 10, 2008
  • 2h 4m
  • English, German
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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.

Director
Stephen Daldry
Starring
Ralph Fiennes, Kate Winslet, David Kross, Lena Olin
Country
Germany, United States of America

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Release date
Dec 10, 2008
Status
Released
Languages
English, German, Greek, Latin
Budget
$32M
Box office
$108.9M
Production
The Weinstein Company, Mirage Enterprises, Studio Babelsberg
Keywords
based on novel or book, germany, war crimes, world war ii, women's prison, trial, female prisoner, reading aloud, love affair, cynical, law student, teenage sexuality
IMDb
tt0976051

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