The Reader (2008)

Synopsis

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.

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Where to watch

Stream

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Cast

• Ralph Fiennes as Michael Berg
• Kate Winslet as Hanna Schmitz
• David Kross as Young Michael Berg
• Lena Olin as Rose Mather
• Bruno Ganz as Professor Rohl
• Jeanette Hain as Brigitte
• Hannah Herzsprung as Julia
• Karoline Herfurth as Marthe
• Volker Bruch as Dieter Spenz
• Alexandra Maria Lara as Young Ilana Mather

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