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The Reader

IMDB: 7.6 2h 4m

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.

Released: 2008
Duration: 2h 4m
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Director: Stephen Daldry

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