The Reader

Post-war Germany, autumn leaves, a rusty bicycle. A teenage boy and an older woman meet in secret, years later a courtroom. Daldry frames a complex moral reckoning.

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Stephen Daldry directed The Reader in 2008. See Stephen Daldry's full filmography, where to start with Stephen Daldry, or where to go after you've seen everything by Stephen Daldry.

The Reader was released in 2008 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 124 minutes.