The Reader
2008·Movie·en·2h 4m
73
RankList Score
🏆 1 Academy Award
DramaMysteryRomance
Available on
Paramount+
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.
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