The Reader (2008)
- Synopsis:
- A Berlin teenager embarks upon an affair with an older woman, discovering only years later her dark Nazi history, in this romantic drama that limns the crimes of the past impacting a future generation.
- Starring:
- Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes
- Director:
- Stephen Daldry
- Rated:
- R
Details
- Starring:
- Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, David Kross, Lena Olin, Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Lara, Hannah Herzsprung, Volker Bruch, Jeanette Hain, Moritz Grove
- Director:
- Stephen Daldry
- Genres:
- Drama, Courtroom Drama, Literary/Period Drama, Romantic Drama, Wartime Drama
- Rated:
- R
- Runtime:
- 123
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- United States of America, Germany
- Year:
- 2008
- Keywords:
- Berlin, concentration camp, illiterate, lawyer, lovers, postwar, teenager, war crimes
Awards
- Best Actress: Kate Winslet
- Best Cinematography
- Best Directing
- Best Picture
- Best Writing (Based on Previous Material)
- Best Supporting Actress: Kate Winslet
- Best Picture - Drama
- Best Directing
- Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role: Kate Winslet
Academy Award
Won
Nominated
Golden Globe
Won
Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Won
Movie DNA
Attributes ordered and rated by our clerks.
Character Depth
Romance
Downbeat
Slow Pace
Sex
Hollywood Feel
Cerebral
Complexity
Cinematography
Soundtrack
