The Reader (2008)

Behind the mystery lies a truth that will make you question everything you know.

• Drama
• Romance

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.

Rating

7.5 / 10 (3,515 votes)

Release date

December 10, 2008

Runtime

2h 04m

Language

English

Director

Stephen Daldry

Status

Released