The reader [videorecording]
2009
DVDs and BluRay
Drama starring Ralph Fiennes and Kate Winslet (in a BAFTA, Golden Globe and Oscar-winning performance), based on the novel by Bernard Schlink. Set in post World War II Germany, the story revolves around a teenage boy Michael Berg (David Kross) who falls ill with scarlet fever and is helped home by Hanna (Winslet), a stranger twice his age. When Michael recovers, he tracks Hanna down in order to thank her for her kindness. Despite their age difference, the two embark on an intense and secret affair that is based largely on Michael reading aloud to Hanna, until Hanna suddenly and mysteriously disappears one day, leaving Michael confused and heartbroken. Several years later, when Michael (Fiennes) is a law student observing the Nazi war crime trials, he comes across Hanna again - this time as a defendant in the courtroom. As Hanna's past is revealed, Michael uncovers a secret that profoundly affects both their lives.
Main title:
The reader [videorecording] / producer, Redmond Morris; producer, Sydney Pollack.
Author:
Daldry, Stephen, directorMuhly, Nico, musicFiennes, Ralph, actorHain, Jeanette, actorKross, David, actorSchlink, Bernhard, book author
Work:
Imprint:
EiV, 2009.
Collation:
1 videodisc (123 min.) : col.
Notes:
Based on the novel by Bernhard Schlink.Made in 2008.Credits: music, Nico Muhly.DVDN.Credits: director, Stephen Daldry; writer, David Hare; music, Nico Muhly.
Performers:
Cast: Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Jeanette Hain, David Kross, Kate Winslet, Susanne Lothar, Alissa Wilms, Florian Bartholomai, Friederike Becht, Matthias Habich, Frieder Venus, Marie-Anne Fliegel.
Audience:
BBFC code: 15.
System details:
DVD.
Dewey class:
791.437117176
Language:
English
BRN:
853669