Directed by:
Stephen DaldryScreenplay:
David HareComposer:
Nico MuhlyCast:
Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, David Kross, Lena Olin, Bruno Ganz, Jeanette Hain, Susanne Lothar, Alissa Wilms, Florian Bartholomäi, Friederike Becht (more)VOD (2)
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The Reader, set in post-WWII Germany, follows teenager Michael Berg as he engages in a passionate but secretive affair with an older woman named Hanna. Eight years after Hanna s disappearance, Michael is stunned to discover her again as she stands on trial for Nazi war crimes. The Reader is a haunting story about truth and reconciliation and how one generation comes to terms with the crimes of another. (official distributor synopsis)
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Jürgen Tarrach
West Germany
Best movies:
Casino Royale (2006)
The Reader (2008)
Die Kirschenkönigin (2004) (series)
Kirsten Block
East Germany
Best movies:
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
The Reader (2008)
The Book Thief (2013)
Vijessna Ferkic
West Germany
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
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Victor and the Secret of Crocodile Mansion (2012)
Vanessa Berthold
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
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Benjamin Trinks
Germany
Best movies:
Generation War (2013) (series)
The Reader (2008)
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Fritz Roth
West Germany
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
Mogadishu Welcome (2008) (TV movie)
Happy As One (2006)
Hannah Herzsprung
West Germany
Best movies:
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
The Reader (2008)
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Jacqueline Macaulay
UK
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
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Volker Bruch
West Germany
Best movies:
Generation War (2013) (series)
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
The Reader (2008)
Karoline Herfurth
East Germany
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
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Max Mauff
Germany
Best movies:
The Wave (2008)
The Reader (2008)
Sense8 (2015) (series)
Ludwig Blochberger
East Germany
Best movies:
Generation War (2013) (series)
The Lives of Others (2006)
The Reader (2008)
Jonas Jägermeyr
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
Napola (2004)
Love in Thoughts (2004)
Alexander Kasprik
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
Burghart Klaußner
Germany
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
The White Ribbon (2009)
Bridge of Spies (2015)
Sylvester Groth
East Germany
Best movies:
Generation War (2013) (series)
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
The Reader (2008)
Fabian Busch
East Germany
Best movies:
Downfall (2004)
The Reader (2008)
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Margarita Broich
West Germany
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
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Sources of Life (2013)
Marie Gruber
West Germany
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
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My Words, My Lies - My Love (2009)
Lena Lessing
West Germany
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
Stations of the Cross (2014)
Il papa buono (2003) (TV movie)