Chief: Did you root for Kate Winslet at the Oscars? Except for Meryl Streep, who were the other nominees? Joking. Of course I know. But the point is, did anyone even have a chance? Come on. If it wasn't Winslet, it was going to be Streep. No doubt about it.
The Reader . I read this novel years ago, when I used to follow Oprah's bookclub. 1999 to be exact. Geez, I can't even find my book... who did I lend it to? Give it back!!! The story is very nostalgic of a man's younger...Read Full Story
Kate Winslet stars as a German secret service agent with an awful secret and has won a Best Actress Oscar for her role.
Even now, World War Two and the times surrounding it are sensitive times. In the movie The Reader, the director, Stephan Daldry, has brought out the best in Kate Winslet and Ralph Fiennes to create a beautiful, moving film.
David Cross, a talented actor from Germany, is introduced to a wider world audience in this movie and takes full advantage of this excellent role...Read Full Story
It doesn’t matter what I think. It doesn’t matter what I feel. The dead are still dead.
Kate Winslet - The Reader
Kate Winslet as Hanna Schmitz at this film.
The Reader is based on the best-selling post-WWII novel by German author Bernhard Schlink, in which a young man obsessed with an older woman is forced to face the awful truth at a war crimes trial.
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Deeply disturbing and uplifting, this story is about the power of love, betrayal and redemption set in the back drop of post WWII Germany-this story is a definite read for everyone. Originally featured on Oprah’s book club , this tale of a young man’s seduction by an older woman is a timeless tale of compassion and ultimately betrayal by the woman he loves. Accused, tried and convicted of crimes against humanity after Nazi occupation, Hanna, the woman who Michael Berg has fallen in love...Read Full Story
Deeply disturbing and uplifting, this story is about the power of love, betrayal and redemption set in the back drop of post WWII Germany-this story is a definite read for everyone. Originally featured on Oprah’s book club , this tale of a young man’s seduction by an older woman is a timeless tale of compassion and ultimately betrayal by the woman he loves. Accused, tried and convicted of crimes against humanity after Nazi occupation, Hanna, the woman who Michael Berg has fallen in love...Read Full Story
Bernhard Schlink, whose 1995 novel was turned into a film starring Kate Winslet, claims he has not received a penny from the studioThe Reader was one of the critical smashes of 2008, broke the $100m mark at the global box office and had an awards season run that saw Kate Winslet carry off the Oscar for best actress. Now the author of the book upon which the film was based is suing Hollywood studio the Weinstein Company, claiming he has not...
Can a formidable actress redeem a pile of solemn erotic kitsch? Kate Winslet answers that one as honestly as she can in the film version of Bernhard Schlink's 1995 novel "The Reader," the tale of a 15-year-old West German boy who, in 1958, embarks on ...
advertisement. Overview. Date of Birth: 6 July 1944, Bielefeld, Germany more. Trivia: Has a sister, Dorothea. more. Awards: 1 nomination more. NewsDesk: (28 articles)
Bernhard Schlink (born 6 July 1944 in Bielefeld) is a German writer with a legal background. He became a judge at the Constitutional Court of the federal state of North Rhine ...