The Reader (2008)

EnglishFilm2008124 minDrama, Romance★ 7.5/10

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

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.

Directed by

Stephen Daldry

Starring

Ralph Fiennes, Kate Winslet, David Kross

Music

Nico Muhly

Released

2008-12-10

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