The Reader Kate Winslet. The film tells the story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a 15-year-old in 1958, has a sexual relationship with an older woman, Hanna Schmitz. 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.
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Starring: Kate Winslet Ralph Fiennes David Kross Susanne Lothar Alissa Wilms Jeanette Hain Florian Bartholomäi Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, David Kross Studio Lionsgate
With Ralph Fiennes, Jeanette Hain, David Kross, Kate Winslet 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. Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, David Kross Studio Lionsgate
. Kate Winslet and David Kross in "The Reader." The crucial decision in "The Reader" is made by a 24-year-old youth, who has information that might help a woman about to be sentenced to life in prison, but withholds it The Reader is the first English speaking role of German actor David Kross although he had previously played lead roles in German movies such as Tough Enough (2006) and Krabat and the Legend of the Satanic Mill (2008).
. In postwar Germany, young schoolboy Michael (German actor David Cross) meets and begins a tender romance with the older, mysterious Hanna (Kate Winslet, whose performance is a revelation). He is ashamed to reveal his affair with this woman