The Reader

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film romantic drama film

The Reader is a 2008 romantic drama film, based on Bernhard Schlink’s novel, that explores guilt, memory, and moral responsibility in post-World War II Germany through the relationship between a young man and an older former concentration camp guard.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
The Reader canonical	23
Der Vorleser	4
The Reader (2008 film)	2
The Reader (novel)	2
The Reader (La Liseuse)	1
The Reader (novel by Bernhard Schlink)	1
The Reader (screenplay)	1
The Reader universe	1
film The Reader (2008)	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film ⓘ romantic drama film ⓘ
academyAward	Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
academyAwardNomination	Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
academyAwardWinner	Kate Winslet ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork	Bernhard Schlink ⓘ
basedOn	The Reader self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Reader (novel)
cinematographer	Chris Menges ⓘ Roger Deakins ⓘ
composer	Nico Muhly ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Germany ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Stephen Daldry ⓘ
distributor	StudioCanal ⓘ The Weinstein Company ⓘ
editor	Claire Simpson ⓘ
filmingLocation	Berlin ⓘ Görlitz ⓘ
genre	holocaust film ⓘ romantic drama ⓘ war drama ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
leadActor	David Kross ⓘ Kate Winslet ⓘ Ralph Fiennes ⓘ
mainCharacter	Hanna Schmitz ⓘ Michael Berg ⓘ
mpaaRating	R ⓘ
narrativeFocus	relationship between a young man and an older former concentration camp guard ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
portrayedBy	David Kross ⓘ Kate Winslet ⓘ Ralph Fiennes ⓘ
producer	Anthony Minghella ⓘ Donna Gigliotti ⓘ Redmond Morris ⓘ Sydney Pollack ⓘ
productionCompany	Mirage Enterprises ⓘ Neunte Babelsberg Film ⓘ The Weinstein Company ⓘ
releaseDate	2008-12-10 ⓘ
releaseYear	2008 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	124 ⓘ
screenwriter	David Hare ⓘ
setInCountry	Germany ⓘ
setInPeriod	post-World War II ⓘ
theme	Holocaust ⓘ guilt ⓘ memory ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ war crimes ⓘ

Referenced by (36)

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The Weinstein Company → notableWork → The Reader ⓘ

Sylvester Groth → notableWork → The Reader ⓘ

Marguerite Matisse → depictedIn → The Reader ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Reader (La Liseuse)

Ralph Fiennes → notableWork → The Reader ⓘ

Eduardo Serra → notableWork → The Reader ⓘ

Eduardo Serra → workedOn → The Reader ⓘ

Kate Winslet → notableWork → The Reader ⓘ

The Reader → basedOn → The Reader self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Reader (novel)

Donna Gigliotti → notableWork → The Reader ⓘ

Robert Fox → notableWork → The Reader ⓘ

Bruno Ganz → notableWork → The Reader ⓘ

Stephen Daldry → knownFor → The Reader ⓘ

Stephen Daldry → directed → The Reader ⓘ

Stephen Daldry → notableWork → The Reader ⓘ

Bernhard Schlink → notableWork → The Reader ⓘ

this entity surface form: Der Vorleser

Chris Menges → notableWork → The Reader ⓘ

81st Academy Awards → bestActressWinningFilm → The Reader ⓘ

Gail Mutrux → notableWork → The Reader ⓘ

Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes → notableWork → The Reader ⓘ

David Hare → notableWork → The Reader ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Reader (screenplay)

David Hare → wroteScreenplay → The Reader ⓘ

David Hare → adaptedFrom → The Reader ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Reader (novel by Bernhard Schlink)

Jon Kilik → notableWork → The Reader ⓘ

Hanna Schmitz in The Reader → appearsIn → The Reader ⓘ

subject surface form: Hanna Schmitz

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subject surface form: Hanna Schmitz

this entity surface form: Der Vorleser

Hanna Schmitz in The Reader → fictionalUniverse → The Reader ⓘ

subject surface form: Hanna Schmitz

this entity surface form: The Reader universe

Hanna Schmitz in The Reader → filmAppearance → The Reader ⓘ

subject surface form: Hanna Schmitz

this entity surface form: The Reader (2008 film)

Redmond Morris → notableWork → The Reader ⓘ

Michael Berg → appearsIn → The Reader ⓘ

this entity surface form: Der Vorleser

Michael Berg → adaptedIn → The Reader ⓘ

this entity surface form: film The Reader (2008)

Hanna Schmitz → appearsIn → The Reader ⓘ

this entity surface form: Der Vorleser

Hanna Schmitz → firstAppearance → The Reader ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Reader (novel)

Hanna Schmitz → filmAdaptation → The Reader ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Reader (2008 film)