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The Reader

Movie·2008·Drama, Romance·2h 4m·7.5 (3,395)·Directed by Stephen Daldry

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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.

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Ralph FiennesRalph FiennesMichael BergKate WinsletKate WinsletHanna SchmitzDavid KrossDavid KrossYoung Michael BergLena OlinLena OlinRose MatherBruno GanzBruno GanzProfessor RohlJeanette HainJeanette HainBrigitteHannah HerzsprungHannah HerzsprungJuliaKaroline HerfurthKaroline HerfurthMarthe

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