The Reader (2009)
The Reader is a book-based movie adapted from "Der Vorleser" by Bernhard Schlink. This Drama/Romance film is a direct adaptation, and its release date is January 30, 2009.
The Source Material
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Overview
When he falls ill on his way home from school, fifteen-year-old Michael Berg is rescued by Hanna, a woman twice his age. In time she becomes his lover—then she inexplicably disappears. When Michael next sees her, he is a young law student, and she is on trial…
About The Movie
Description
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.
Details
- Title
- The Reader
- Original Title
- The Reader
- Original Language
- EN
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- US Theatrical
- January 30, 2009 · Rated R
- US Limited Theatrical
- December 10, 2008 · Rated R
- US Limited Theatrical Note
- New York City, New York