The Reader 2008

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 124 min

genre: drama

theme: romantic drama

director: Stephen Daldry

Score: 8 / 10

The Reader is a 2008 romantic drama film directed by Stephen Daldry, written by David Hare on the basis of the 1995 novel by Bernhard Schlink, and starring Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, David Kross, Bruno Ganz and Karoline Herfurth.

Plot

In 1995 Berlin, Michael Berg watches a train pass, flashing back to a tram ride from 1958. Michael, then 15, feels sick, getting off the tram to walk in the rain. Vomiting beside an apartment building, he is found by tram conductor Hanna Schmitz, 36, who cleans him up and helps him home. Michael is diagnosed with scarlet fever.

Awards

Cast

More details

author	David Hare
award	Academy Award for Best Actress BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress European Film Award for Best Actress Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress London Film Critics Circle Award for Actress of the Year San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress World Soundtrack Award for Discovery of the Year
contentLocation	Italy
director	Stephen Daldry
editor	Claire Simpson
events	illiteracy The Holocaust World War II
genre	drama
keywords	apartment building auschwitz auschwitz concentration camp bank account bomb build burn church death march death marches divorce drive end estrange even extermination camp flash frankfurt auschwitz trials heidelberg university heidelberg university faculty of law horrify kraków law professor law school life sentence lock morning new york city scarlet fever schutzstaffel selektion teach tram vomit wait
musicBy	Nico Muhly
nomination	Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Cinematography Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay American Society of Cinematographers Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay BAFTA Award for Best Direction BAFTA Award for Best Film Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Film Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Young Performer Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress David di Donatello for Best European Film European Film Award for Best Actor European Film Award for Best Actress European Film Award for Best Film Golden Globe Award for Best Director Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress London Film Critics Circle Award for Actress of the Year London Film Critics Circle Award for British Actress of the Year MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Satellite Award for Best Director Satellite Award for Best Film Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress World Soundtrack Award for Discovery of the Year
producer	Anthony Minghella Donna Gigliotti Redmond Morris Sydney Pollack
productionCompany	Mirage Enterprises Neunte Babelsberg Film GmbH
publisher	Senator Film
recordedAt	Berlin Cologne Germany
theme	romantic drama