The reader, Mirage Enterprises ; Neunte Babelsberg Film ; Weinstein Company ; produced by Donna Gigliotti, Anthony Minghella, Redmond Morris, Sydney Pollack ; screenplay by David Hare ; directed by Stephen Daldry
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Label
The reader, Mirage Enterprises ; Neunte Babelsberg Film ; Weinstein Company ; produced by Donna Gigliotti, Anthony Minghella, Redmond Morris, Sydney Pollack ; screenplay by David Hare ; directed by Stephen Daldry
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: R; for some scenes of sexuality and nudity
Main title
The reader
Medium
videorecording
Oclc number
299803252
Responsibility statement
Mirage Enterprises ; Neunte Babelsberg Film ; Weinstein Company ; produced by Donna Gigliotti, Anthony Minghella, Redmond Morris, Sydney Pollack ; screenplay by David Hare ; directed by Stephen Daldry
Runtime
124
Summary
Post-WWII, Germany. Michael Berg is a teenager who becomes ill and is helped home by Hanna, a stranger twice his age. Michael recovers from scarlet fever and seeks out Hanna to thank her. The two are quickly drawn into a passionate but secretive affair. Michael discovers that Hanna loves being read to and their physical relationship deepens. Hanna is enthralled as Michael reads to her from different works of literature. Despite their intense bond, Hanna mysteriously disappears one day and Michael is left confused and heartbroken. Eight years later, while Michael is a law student observing the Nazi war crime trials, he is stunned to find Hanna back in his life, only this time as a defendant in the courtroom. As Hanna's past is revealed, Michael uncovers a deep secret that will impact both of their lives
Technique
live action
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Contributor
Genre
Subject
- Law students -- Fiction
- Psychological fiction
- Germany -- Fiction
- Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
- Illiterate persons -- Fiction
- Thrillers (Motion pictures)
- World War, 1939-1945 + Atrocities -- Fiction
- War crime trials -- Fiction
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Seduction -- Fiction
- Feature films
- Historical films
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Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor14
- Genre5
- Subject12
- Law students -- Fiction
- Psychological fiction
- Germany -- Fiction
- Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
- Illiterate persons -- Fiction
- Thrillers (Motion pictures)
- World War, 1939-1945 + Atrocities -- Fiction
- War crime trials -- Fiction
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Seduction -- Fiction
- Feature films
- Historical films
- Content1
- Is Based On1
- Mapped to1