The reader

Daldry, Stephen (Added Author). Hare, David, 1947- (Added Author). Minghella, Anthony (Added Author). Pollack, Sydney, 1934-2008 (Added Author). Gigliotti, Donna. (Added Author). Morris, Redmond. (Added Author). Winslet, Kate (Added Author). Fiennes, Ralph (Added Author). Kross, David, 1990- (Added Author). Olin, Lena (Added Author). Ganz, Bruno. (Added Author). Schlink, Bernhard Vorleser. English. (Added Author). Weinstein Company. (Added Author). Mirage Enterprises (Firm) (Added Author). Neunte Babelsberg Film (Firm) (Added Author). Weinstein Company Home Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author). Genius Products, Inc. (Added Author). Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, David Kross, Lena Olin, Bruno Ganz. (Cast).

Summary: What have we learned (and what might we have forgotten) from history's bloody backwash? Guilt, love, and history are three skeins, woven together to create human beings or, alternately, human monsters. The question of wartime culpability undergirds the May-December romance in postwar Berlin between Hanna, a weary-looking, sexually rapacious streetcar ticket-taker and Michael, a young schoolboy whom she seduces, ravenously and to his great delight. One day, Hanna is gone, with no explanation, and Michael grows into a promising young law student. His class attends a trial, where the new Germany judges the past and, by default, the lovers as well.

Item details

Physical Description: videorecording
videodisc
1 videodisc (124 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition: Widescreen version.
Publisher: [New York, N.Y.] : The Weinstein Company Home Entertainment ; Santa Monica, Calif. : Distributed by Genius Products, c2009.

Contents / Notes

General Note:	Based on the book "Der Vorleser" by Bernhard Schlink. Originally produced as a motion picture in 2008. Special features : Deleted scenes (42 min.); "The Reader:" Adapting a timeless masterpiece [featurette] (23 min.); A conversation with David Kross & Stephen Daldry [featurette] (10 min.); Kate Winslet on the art of aging Hanna Schmitz [featurette] (13 min.); A new voice: a look at composer Nico Muhly [featurette] (4 min.); Coming to grips with the past: production designer Brigitte Broch [featurette] (8 min.); Theatrical trailer (3 min.).
Formatted Contents Note:	Michael -- Chance meeting -- Flowers for Hanna -- First encounter -- Lessons in love -- Misunderstanding -- Odyssey -- Cycling holiday -- Sophie and Hanna -- Julia -- Law school -- Trial -- Truth about the guards -- Everyone knew -- Stutthof concentration camp -- No answers -- Piece of information -- Verdict -- Return to reading -- Lady with the little dog -- Reunited -- Hanna's release -- Forgiveness -- End credits.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Directors of photography, Chris Menges, Roger Deakins ; production designer, Brigitte Broch ; editor, Claire Simpson ; music, Nico Muhly ; English novel translation by Carol Brown Janeway.
Participant or Performer Note:	Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, David Kross, Lena Olin, Bruno Ganz.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: Rated R for some scenes of sexuality and nudity.
System Details Note:	DVD; Region 1; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround; widescreen presentation, preserving the aspect ratio of the original theatrical exhibition, 1.85:1, enhanced for widescreen televisions.
Language Note:	In English or dubbed French with optional subtitles in English for the deaf and hard of hearing, or Spanish.
Awards Note:	Winner, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: Kate Winslet, Academy Awards 2009.

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