The Reader
Directed by Stephen Daldry
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.
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The Reader was released on 10 December 2008.
The Reader was directed by Stephen Daldry.
The Reader has a runtime of 2h 4m.
The Reader was produced by Donna Gigliotti, Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Redmond Morris.
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.
The key characters in The Reader are Michael Berg (Ralph Fiennes), Hanna Schmitz (Kate Winslet), Young Michael Berg (David Kross).
The Reader is rated 15.
The Reader is a Drama, Romance, Mystery film.
The Reader has an audience rating of 7.9 out of 10.
The Reader had a budget of US$32M.
The Reader has made US$108.9M at the box office.