The Reader (2008)

Drama, Romance • PT2H4M

The Reader

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.

Director: Stephen Daldry

Top Cast

  • Ralph Fiennes as Michael Berg
  • Kate Winslet as Hanna Schmitz
  • David Kross as Young Michael Berg
  • Lena Olin as Rose Mather
  • Bruno Ganz as Professor Rohl

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