The Reader (2008)


The Reader
7.5 Listal rating
7.6 IMDB rating
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Starring (View all)
Ralph Fiennes

Ralph Fiennes

Michael Berg
Jeanette Hain

Jeanette Hain

Brigitte
David Kross

David Kross

Young Michael Berg
Kate Winslet

Kate Winslet

Hanna Schmitz
Susanne Lothar

Susanne Lothar

Carla Berg
Alissa Wilms

Alissa Wilms

Emily Berg
Friederike Becht

Friederike Becht

Angela Berg


Written by
David Hare

David Hare

(screenplay)
Bernhard Schlink

Bernhard Schlink

(book Der Vorleser)


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I will be the only angel you need.

4 years, 3 months ago at Feb 11 13:06
8 votes
''I'm not frightened. I'm not frightened of anything. The more I suffer, the more I love. Danger will only increase my love. It will sharpen it, forgive its vice. I will be the only angel you need. You will leave life even more beautiful than you ended it. Heaven will take you back and look at you and say: Only one thing can make a soul complete and that thing is love.''

Post-WWII G... read more

Amor didático

4 years, 3 months ago at Feb 12 8:23
3 votes
"O Leitor", mesmo tendo um forte contexto histórico (pós 2ª Guerra Mundial), se propõe a falar de sentimentos. Narra a história de um garoto, Michael Berg, que se apaixona por uma mulher, Hanna Schmitz, já com o dobro de sua idade e que mantém um caso com esta. Com o passar do tempo, ele lê livros para ela (por isso "O Leitor). Anos mais tarde, já há tempos sem vê-la, o garoto, já univ... read more

Overt Oscar bait

4 years ago at May 18 2:21
1 vote
"I can't live without you. The thought of leaving you kills me. Do you love me?"

The Reader is one of those motion pictures which feels specifically tailored for a December release. An adaptation of Bernhard Schlink's 1995 international bestseller, this is a mature historical drama laced with nudity, compelling themes, suppressed emotion and a few twists. It's quite telling that pro... read more
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Description: THE READER opens in post-WWII Germany when teenager Michael Berg 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 ... (more)
Release date : 30 January 2009
Drama (30), Romance (27), Nazi (17), War (15), 2008 (14), Germany (14), Sex (13), Historical (13), 2000s (12), Trial (12), (10), WWII (9), Based On Novel (9), Suicide (9), Reading (9), Holocaust (8), Courtroom (7), Nudity (7), Concentration Camp (6), Male Nudity (6)
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"viewed: May 12, 2013 It was a very interesting movie. At the end of the film began to be boring, but Kate Winslet was brilliant. Has shown great love affair of a young boy with a mature woman, and the transformation of a shy young child into a confident young man. "


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"May 12, 2013 It was a very interesting movie. At the end of the film began to be boring, but Kate Winslet was brilliant. Has shown great love affair of a young boy with a mature woman, and the transformation of a shy young child into a confident young man."


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"In director Stephen Daldry's Holocaust love story, adapted by David Hare from Bernhard Schlink's neo-classic novel, the film flashbacked to the summer of 1958 when 15 year-old virginal German schoolboy named Michael Berg (David Kross, and Ralph Fiennes as an adult) engaged in an erotic, passionate and secret summer-time affair with beautiful, hard-working, uneducated, repressed 36 year-old tram conductor Hanna Schmitz (Oscar-winning Kate Winslet); they had sex on a regular basis, after which he "


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"1st viewing, Netflix 24 April 2013 Director: Stephen Daldry I'm not sure if I got the point of this film. But still, it was ok. "


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"Best Leading Actress: Kate Winslet Other Nominees: Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married Angelina Jolie - Changeling Melissa Leo - Frozen River Meryl Streep - Doubt "


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"25/02/2013 The Readeria lykkäsin lyykkämistäni ja aivan turhaan typeryyttäni. Yksi 2000-luvun positiivimisimmista yllättäjistä. Vahva tarina vetoaa tunteisiin aidosti ja onnistuu yllättämäänkin ratkaisuillaan. Winslet on roolissaan vallan mainio, eikä meikäläiselle ennestään vieras David Krosskaan huonommin vedä. "


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" "I was fifteen. I was coming home from school. I was feeling ill. And a woman helped me." "


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“A very touching movie which treat the question of WWII with more subtility than the majority of movies about this period.” read more

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" Kate Winslet as Hanna Schmitz in "the Reader" (6th nomination/1st win) INDISPUTABLE!"


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