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Release Date: 2008

Cast: Jeanette Hain, Florian Bartholomäi, Ralph Fiennes, Hannah Herzsprung, Bruno Ganz, Susanne Lothar, David Kross, Friederike Becht, Alexandra Maria Lara, Lena Olin, Karoline Herfurth, Kate Winslet ...MORE

Cast: Jeanette Hain, Florian Bartholomäi, Ralph Fiennes, Hannah Herzsprung, Bruno Ganz, Susanne Lothar, David Kross, Friederike Becht, Alexandra Maria Lara, Lena Olin, Karoline Herfurth, Kate Winslet, Linda Bassett, Alissa Wilms, Volker Bruch, Kirsten Block ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Drama Film, Film Adaptation, Courtroom Drama, Period Piece, Tragedy, Romantic Drama, Romance Film

The Reader is a 2008 drama film based on the 1995 German novel of the same name by Bernhard Schlink. The film was written by David Hare and directed by Stephen Daldry. Ralph Fiennes and Kate Winslet star along with the young actor David Kross. It was the last film for producers Anthony Minghella and Sydney Pollack, who both died before it was released. Production began in Germany in September 2007, and the film opened in limited release on December 10, 2008. It tells the story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who as a mid-teenager in 1958 had an affair with an older woman, Hanna Schmitz,... MORE

The Reader is a 2008 drama film based on the 1995 German novel of the same name by Bernhard Schlink. The film was written by David Hare and directed by Stephen Daldry. Ralph Fiennes and Kate Winslet star along with the young actor David Kross. It was the last film for producers Anthony Minghella and Sydney Pollack, who both died before it was released. Production began in Germany in September 2007, and the film opened in limited release on December 10, 2008. It tells the story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who as a mid-teenager in 1958 had an affair with an older woman, Hanna Schmitz, who then disappeared only to resurface years later as one of the defendants in a war crimes trial stemming from her actions as a guard at a Nazi concentration camp. Michael realizes that Hanna is keeping a personal secret she believes is worse than her Nazi past—a secret which, if revealed, could help her at the trial. Winslet and Kross, who plays the young Michael, received much praise for their performances; Winslet won a number of awards for her role, including the Academy Award for Best Actress. The film itself was nominated for several other major awards, including the Academy Award for Best LESS