The Reader (2008)

Movie · Released · 124 min · ★ 7.5

Drama, Romance

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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.

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Cast

Ralph FiennesMichael BergKate WinsletHanna SchmitzDavid KrossYoung Michael BergLena OlinRose MatherBruno GanzProfessor RohlJeanette HainBrigitteHannah HerzsprungJuliaKaroline HerfurthMartheVolker BruchDieter SpenzAlexandra Maria LaraYoung Ilana MatherFabian BuschHanna's Defense CouncilVijessna FerkicSophieSusanne LotharCarla BergMatthias HabichPeter BergBurghart KlaußnerJudge