DVD
The reader / The Weinstein Company presents ; a Mirage Enterprises production ; a Neunte Babelsberg Film GmBH production ; directed by Stephen Daldry ; screenplay by David Hare ; produced by Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Donna Gigliotti, Redmond Morris.
"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."--Container.
Record details
- Physical Description: 1 DVD (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition: Widescreen.
- Publisher: [New York, N.Y.] : The Weinstein Company Home Entertainment ; ©℗♭2009.
Content descriptions
| 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.) |
| 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, Karoline Herfurth, Linda Bassett, Hannah Herzsprung, Susanne Lothar, Volker Bruch, Matthias Habich. |
| Target Audience Note: | MPAA rating: Rated R for some scenes of sexuality and nudity. |
| System Details Note: | DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround; enhanced for 16x9 televisions. |
| Language Note: | In English or dubbed French with optional subtitles in English for the deaf and hard of hearing, or Spanish. |
| Awards Note: | Academy Awards 2009: Winner, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: Kate Winslet, |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Schlink, Bernhard > Film adaptations. World War, 1939-1945 > Atrocities > Drama. Paramours > Germany > Drama. Man-woman relationships > Germany > Drama. Oral reading > Drama. Law students > Germany > Drama. War crime trials > Germany > Drama. Criminal behavior > Germany > Drama. |
| Genre: | Thrillers (Motion pictures) Historical films. Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Film adaptations. Drama. |
Available copies
- 9 of 10 copies available at Sage Library System.
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