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Behind the mystery lies a truth that will make you question everything you know.
Behind the mystery lies a truth that will make you question everythin...
Drama, Romance - 2008
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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.
Director:
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Stephen Daldry
Cast:
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Kate Winslet
,
Bruno Ganz
,
Lena Olin
,
Ralph Fiennes
,
Alexandra Maria Lara
,
David Kross
,
Hannah Herzsprung
,
Karoline Herfurth
,
Volker Bruch
,
Jeanette Hain

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Rated:
R
Runtime:
124 min
Release date:
2 Jan 2008
Country:
DE, US
Languages:
English, German, Greek (modern), Latin
Budget:
$32,000,000
Revenue:
$108,902,486
Awards:
Won 1 Oscar. 26 wins & 48 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
The Reader is a bold and provocative film and one of the most exquisite of 2008.
– Michael Granberry,
Dallas Morning News,
30 Dec 2008
fresh:
The trial's outcome leads us into a third act that continues to give renewed, rending meaning to the movie's title.
– Lisa Kennedy,
Denver Post,
30 Dec 2008
fresh:
Its issues are infinite and moveable. It's a bold and challenging work.
– Dave Calhoun,
Time Out,
5 Jan 2009
fresh:
If Winslet carries the complex psychological intrigue of the film on her shoulders, David Kross carries the heart of it on his.
– Kristin Tillotson,
Minneapolis Star Tribune,
8 Apr 2009
rotten:
Stephen Daldry's film is sensitively realized and dramatically absorbing, but comes across as an essentially cerebral experience without gut impact.
– Todd McCarthy,
Variety,
6 Jul 2010
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