The Reader 2008
7.5/10 by 3053 users
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.
- Released: 2008-12-10
- Runtime: 124 minutes
- Genre: Drama, Romance
- Stars: Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, David Kross, Lena Olin, Bruno Ganz
- Director: Stephen Daldry, Chris Menges, David Hare, Anthony Minghella, Donna Gigliotti
