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Where was The Reader filmed?

2008 film, directed by Stephen Daldry.

  • Berlin

The story is set in Italy, about 693 miles (1,116 km) from where it was filmed.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
Italy
Filmed in
Berlin
Distance
About 693 miles (1,116 km) between Italy and the nearest filming location.
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About The Reader

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Released
2008
Director
Stephen Daldry
Cast
Ralph FiennesKate WinsletDavid KrossAlexandra Maria LaraLena OlinBruno GanzKaroline HerfurthSylvester GrothSusanne LotharLinda Bassett
Genre
RomanceDramaComing-of-agePrison
Based on
The Reader
Awards
Academy Award for Best Actress; Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress; London Film Critics Circle Award for Actress of the Year; Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress and 8 more

In 1958, 15-year-old Michael Berg becomes sick on a tram ride in an unnamed provincial city.

They have a brief cycling holiday in the country where Michael starts to notice some oddities in Hanna's behaviour.

Survivor Ilana Mather provides testimony, including that Hanna forced some of the prisoners to read to her.

Famous lines from The Reader

Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.

  • I don’t remember what I told my parents.The Reader
  • Nor do I remember how I greeted Frau Schmitz.The Reader
  • I don’t remember what we talked about in the kitchen.The Reader
  • Perhaps I only became aware of all this some time later.The Reader
  • Later I wondered if she had left the water in the tub because she knew I would come back.The Reader

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