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The Reader

2009·2h 4m·R
DramaMysteryRomance
IMDb Rating
★ 7.6/10
274,237 votes
Metascore
58
Metacritic

Post-WWII Germany: Nearly a decade after his affair with an older woman came to a mysterious end, law student Michael Berg re-encounters his former lover as she defends herself in a war-crime trial.

The Reader is a 2009 drama mystery movie directed by Stephen Daldry, starring Ralph Fiennes, Kate Winslet, Bruno Ganz. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.6/10 from 274,237 votes and runs 2h 4m.

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Director
Stephen Daldry
Stars
Ralph Fiennes
Kate Winslet
Bruno Ganz
Jeanette Hain
Details
2009-01-30
124 min
Movie
R
★ Germany, Poland, United States
★ English, German, Greek, Latin
Keywords
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