The Reader
2008·Movie
·2h 4min·
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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.
Post-War GermanyIlliteracy and ShameGuilt and ResponsibilityForbidden LoveMoral DilemmaHistorical TraumaPsychological DramaPowerful PerformancesMelancholic Tone
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Directed by:
Stephen Daldry, Katri Billard, Susanna Lenton
Written by:
David Hare, Bernhard Schlink
Produced by:
Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Sydney Pollack
Composed by:
Annette Kudrak, Nico Muhly, Marko Costanzo
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