The Reader
Academy Award winner Kate Winslet (Revolutionary Road) delivers a dynamic performance in this "tale of eroticism, secrecy and guilt" (Claudia Puig, USA Today) set in turbulent post-Nazi Germany. Bringing to life the celebrated international novel, Winslet is riveting as Hanna Schmitz - a lonely, working-class woman who experiences a brief but intense affair with a teenage boy. Years later they meet again: Hanna now a defendant in a notorious case and her ex-lover, now a law student, holding the secret to her salvation. Directed by three-time Academy Award nominee Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot, The Hours) and featuring Ralph Fiennes (The Duchess) as the grown man still reeling from Hanna's influence, The Reader is a "moving, romantic and poignant story" (Roger Friedman, Fox News) about the difficult distance between truth and recollection.
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Cast |
Kate Winslet, Palph Fiennes, David Kross, Lena Olin Bruno Ganz |
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Genre |
Drama |
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Language |
English |
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Running Time |
124 min / Color |
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Rated |
R - some scenes of sexuality and nudity |
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Year and Screen |
2008 (Widescreen Edition) |
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Quality
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DVD
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- 4,142,880Kb
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Quantity: |
SL (2), dm (L) |