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.

Aliases (2)

The Reader (La Liseuse) ×1
The Reader (novel) ×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 (novel) →
cinematographer	Chris Menges → Roger Deakins →
composer	Nico Muhly →
countryOfOrigin	Germany → United States →
director	Stephen Daldry →
distributor	StudioCanal → The Weinstein Company →
editor	Claire Simpson →
filmingLocation	Berlin → Görlitz NERFINISHED →
genre	holocaust film → romantic drama → war drama →
languageOfWork	English →
leadActor	David Kross NERFINISHED → 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 NERFINISHED → 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 (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Donna Gigliotti → Eduardo Serra → Kate Winslet → Ralph Fiennes → Sylvester Groth → The Weinstein Company →	notableWork
The Reader ("The Reader (novel)") →	basedOn
Marguerite Matisse ("The Reader (La Liseuse)") →	depictedIn
Eduardo Serra →	workedOn