

The Reader (2008)
R 2h 4m 7.5/10 IMDb
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.
Director: Stephen Daldry
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Kate Winslet, David Kross, Lena Olin, Bruno Ganz
Content Warnings
Identity & Discrimination
Hate crimes (depicted) (referenced)
Mental Health & Emotional
Death of a child (referenced)
Other
War / combat (referenced)
Sexual Content
Sexual coercion / non-consensual situations
Violence & Physical Harm
Child abuse / harm to children Self-harm / suicide (depicted)
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