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.
The Reader explores themes of based on novel or book, germany, war crimes. A blend of Drama and Romance, it is available to stream for free in HD on Ernax — no account required.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Runtime: 124 min
Director: Stephen Daldry
Writers: David Hare
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Kate Winslet, David Kross, Lena Olin, Bruno Ganz, Jeanette Hain, Hannah Herzsprung, Karoline Herfurth, Volker Bruch, Alexandra Maria Lara, Fabian Busch, Vijessna Ferkic
Rating: 7.5/10 (3,507 votes)
Budget: $32M
Country: Germany, United States of America
Language: English, German, Greek, Latin
Themes: based on novel or book, germany, war crimes, world war ii, women's prison, trial, female prisoner, reading aloud
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