The Reader

The Reader

2008
2h 4min

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.

The Reader

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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.
    Released
    10 December 2008
    Runtime
    2h 4min
    Director
    Budget
    $32,000,000
    Revenue
    $108,902,486
    Genre
    Status
    Released
    Language
    English
    Production
    The Weinstein Company, Mirage Enterprises, Studio Babelsberg
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