Michael Berg meets Hanna Schmitz. He is 15, she 36 and still in a relationship ensues between the two. When Hanna disappears suddenly Michael is devastated.
years later he realizes now a law student, she now accused in a process that again. Hanna and other women were charged because they did not save in a fire their prisoners. Hanna is not entirely innocent, but also not guilty of all. Michael
acknowledges Hanna's problem and begin to take their tapes on which he reads it and sends them to prison.
Cast I find very good! I like Ralph Fiennes and David Kross has done a really very good. Like Mrs Kate Winslet, a very convincing Hanna plays. The film is very
Atmospheric, tells the story very well and right with the pace.
by small pre-or perhaps more likely to be flashbacks, tells the life story of Michael and Hanna, and also takes up serious issues. The film makes you curious, clarifies to some extent, and suggests a little bit to think about.
The only drawback: the texts in the books, Michael reads (Odyssey, The lady and the dog) are in English, although the action takes place in Germany! Of course this is for many a small flaw, but I think it's a shame because then the movie loses in my eyes just to authenticity.
short: A great movie that tells a very special life story!
For more information:
Official Site
Original title: The Reader
Starring: Kate Winslet, David Kross, Ralph Fiennes, Lena Olin
Director: Stephen Daldry
Length: 119 minutes
Rated: 12
on DVD and Blu-Ray available.
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Book VS Movie
The details in the film are of course different. The rough process but agrees with the book. The characters in the book get a little more depth and ideas flow more Michaels in a book. It is understandable, it maybe a little better.
The prison scene in the film seemed much more distant, which I thought was very good because it reflects the fact that Michael emotions, particularly in relation to Hanna, clearly again.
In the novel, there was a scene that I wanted to shake Michael to slap the most and because he came over so cowardly and ignorant. In the film, though, that was not quite so pronounced.
What I found was also a pity that the scene in the end, the Michael and daughter of survivors of the disaster says. In the movie comes out, unfortunately, not that Hanna has the concentration camps and the atrocities that the Nazis did to the Jews, informed and thus to a likely regret their actions (even more).
The final in the film consists of the first sentences in the book. I remember that I found the end weird when I first saw the movie. I do not remember exactly why, but it was just a feeling. Overall, I found
both the book and the movie very well done and both are a wonderful complement to each other!
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