The Reader (2008)

A middle-aged lawyer reflects on the brief affair he had as a teen with an older woman -- who ended up on trial for Nazi war crimes eight years later.

Director: Stephen Daldry
Cast: Alexandra Maria Lara, Ralph Fiennes, Hannah Herzsprung, David Kross, Lena Olin, Kate Winslet, Bruno Ganz, Matthias Habich, Burghart Klaußner, Karoline Herfurth, Volker Bruch, Susanne Lothar, Vijessna Ferkic
Runtime: 02h 03m
Type: Movie

The Reader (2008)

A middle-aged lawyer reflects on the brief affair he had as a teen with an older woman -- who ended up on trial for Nazi war crimes eight years later.

Director: Stephen Daldry
Cast: Alexandra Maria Lara, Ralph Fiennes, Hannah Herzsprung, David Kross, Lena Olin, Kate Winslet, Bruno Ganz, Matthias Habich, Burghart Klaußner, Karoline Herfurth, Volker Bruch, Susanne Lothar, Vijessna Ferkic
Runtime: 02h 03m
Type: Movie
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