The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with an older woman, Hanna, who then disappeared only to resurface years later as one of the defendants in a war crimes trial stemming from her actions as a concentration camp guard late in the war. He alone realizes that Hanna is illiterate and may be concealing that fact at the expense of her freedom.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Starring: Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, David Kross, Lena Olin, Bruno Ganz
Directed & Produced by: Roger Deakins, Stephen Daldry, Jina Jay, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein
Release date: 12/10/2008
Running time: 124 minutes
IMDb Rating: 7.4/10 by 1746 users