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The Reader

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

Released R 124 min 7.6/10 Votes: 262108

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.

Type:

Movie

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Genre:

Drama, Romance

Release:

2008-12-10

Year:

2024

Country:

Germany

Website:

thereader-movie.com

Language:

English

Budget:

$32M

Revenue:

$109M

Companies:

The Weinstein Company, Mirage Enterprises, Studio Babelsberg

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