Post-WWII Germany: Nearly a decade after his affair with an older woman came to a mysterious end, law student Michael Berg re-encounters his former lover as she defends herself in a war-crime trial.
Post-WWII Germany: Nearly a decade after his affair with an older woman came to a mysterious end, law student Michael Berg re-encounters his former lover as she defends herself in a war-crime trial.
Kate Winslet
as Hanna Schmitz
Hannah Herzsprung
as Julia
Karoline Herfurth
as Marthe
Volker Bruch
as Dieter Spenz
Ralph Fiennes
as Michael Berg
Bruno Ganz
as Professor Rohl
David Kross
as Young Michael Berg
Vijessna Ferkic
as Sophie
Susanne Lothar
as Carla Berg
Matthias Habich
as Peter Berg
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Review of The Reader 2008
The story is told in three parts by the main character, Michael Berg. Each part takes place in a different time period in the past.
Part I begins in a West German city in 1958. After 15-year-old Michael becomes ill on his way home, 36-year-old tram conductress Hanna Schmitz notices him, cleans hi
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