The Reader
2008
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
Writers:
David Hare, Bernhard Schlink
Awards:
Won 1 Oscar. 26 wins & 48 nominations total
Production:
Stephen Daldry
Country:
Germany, United States, Poland
