Movie · Drama · Romance

Michael Berg (David Kross), a teen in postwar Germany, begins a passionate but clandestine affair with Hanna Schmitz (Kate Winslet), an older woman who enjoys having classic novels read to her. Then Hanna mysteriously disappears, leaving Michael heartbroken and confused. Years later, Michael, now a law student, gets the shock of his life when he sees Hanna on trial for Nazi war crimes.

2008 · 2h 4m
Director Stephen Daldry

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Michael Berg (David Kross), a teen in postwar Germany, begins a passionate but clandestine affair with Hanna Schmitz (Kate Winslet), an older woman who enjoys having classic novels read to her. Then Hanna mysteriously disappears, leaving Michael heartbroken and confused. Years later, Michael, now a law student, gets the shock of his life when he sees Hanna on trial for Nazi war crimes.

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Average 6.4
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Studio
Deutsche Filmförderfonds (DFFF), Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA), Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Mirage Enterprises, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM), Neunte Babelsberg Film, The Weinstein Company LLC
Released
2008
Run Time
2 hr 4 min
Rated
16+
Regions of Origin
United States, Germany, United Kingdom
© 2008 TWCGF FILM SERVICES II, LLC

Languages

Original Audio
English (United Kingdom), English, Greek, French (Canada)
Audio

English (AAC, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩)

Subtitles

English (CC), Chinese, Traditional , Danish , Dutch , Finnish , Norwegian , Swedish

Accessibility

Closed captions refer to subtitles in available languages with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.