Michael Berg (David Kross), a teenager in postwar Germany, enters into a passionate but clandestine affair with Hanna Schmitz (Kate Winslet), a much older woman who enjoys having classic novels read to her. But, Hanna mysteriously disappears one day, leaving Michael heartbroken and confused. Years later, Michael, now a law student, gets the shock of his life when he sees Hanna on trial for Nazi war crimes.
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As a actor, and as a life long movie lover I must say, in all my life, I have never seen a finer performance than the one turned in by Kate Winslet in this movie.
If you miss this one, you will miss the finest film of the year.