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*The Reader* is a 2008 drama and romance film directed by Stephen Daldry. The screenplay was written by David Hare, and the production was led by Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Donna Gigliotti, and Redmond Morris, 4th Baron Killanin. The cast includes Ralph Fiennes, Kate Winslet, David Kross, and Alexandra Maria Lara. Produced by The Weinstein Company, Mirage Enterprises, and Studio Babelsberg, the film originates from Germany and the United States. It was filmed in Berlin and Cologne, with a runtime of 124 minutes.
The narrative addresses themes of World War II, The Holocaust, and illiteracy. The film received an Academy Award for Best Actress, among other accolades including the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Director. Critical reception included an IMDb rating of 7.6, a Metascore of 58, and a Rotten Tomatoes score of 63%. The film earned $108,902,486 in revenue against a budget of $32,000,000.
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Film · TMDB
7.5The 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.
Cast
- Ralph Fiennes as Michael Berg
- Kate Winslet as Hanna Schmitz
- David Kross as Young Michael Berg
- Lena Olin as Rose Mather
- Bruno Ganz as Professor Rohl
- Jeanette Hain as Brigitte
Themes
- based on novel or book
- germany
- war crimes
- world war ii
- women's prison
- trial
- female prisoner
- reading aloud
- love affair
- cynical
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Ratings
IMDb
7.6/10
271,485 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
63%
Metacritic
58/100
- Year
- 2008
- Runtime
- 124 min
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery, Romance
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 26 wins & 48 nominations total
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