The Reader 2008

Name: The Reader
Released: 2008-12-10
Cast: Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, David Kross, Lena Olin, Bruno Ganz

Synopsis:

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.

Directed by:	Stephen Daldry
Written by:	David Hare
Release date:	2008-12-10
Runtime:	124 minutes
Critics score:	61 / 100
Tagline:	Behind the mystery lies a truth that will make you question everything you know.