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The Reader(2008)
Status: Released
Date: 2008-12-10
75%
3202 Votes
Time: 2h 4m
Behind the mystery lies a truth that will make you question everything you know.
Overview:
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.
Languages: English, German, Greek, Latin.
Countries:
Germany,
United States of America
Budget: $32,000,000.00
Revenue: $108,902,486.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: The Reader
Top 10 Billed Cast
Kate Winslet
Hanna Schmitz
Ralph Fiennes
Michael Berg
David Kross
Young Michael Berg
Lena Olin
Rose Mather
Bruno Ganz
Professor Rohl
Jeanette Hain
Brigitte
Hannah Herzsprung
Julia
Karoline Herfurth
Marthe
Volker Bruch
Dieter Spenz
Alexandra Maria Lara
Young Ilana Mather
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