Bernhard Schlink

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 days, a...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. Don’t...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. More pictures after the jumpRead 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 with...Read Full Story

The Weinstein Company (TWC) announced that THE READER, starring Academy Award-winner Kate Winslet and Ralph Fiennes has crossed over $100 million in worldwide box office receipts since its initial domestic release on December 10, 2008. The film has been an international success for TWC and its foreign distribution partners, having been released in 46 countries and 32 languages to date. Most notably, in Germany , THE READER is the sixth highest grossing film of 2009, earning approximately $19...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 with...Read Full Story

Story Based on the award-winning book by Bernhard Schlink, The Reader is an extraordinary, provocative and controversial story set in post-World War II Germany. It starts when 15-year-old Michael (David Kross) becomes ill with scarlet fever and is helped home by sympathetic woman named Hanna (Kate Winslet). After his recovery, he returns to thank her and is drawn into a clandestine affair with this intriguing woman more than twice his age. Their relationship grows stronger, especially when he...Read Full Story

This book to me forever to read. The author has this rambling, speak-writing style that really slows down the reading pace. The novel is an Oprah Book Club pick and it is always hit or miss for me with her picks. I loved Night by Elie Wiesel and Cane River by Lalita Tademy but this one was so-so. The novel takes place in post-Hitler Germany. Michael, the 16 year old narrator falls ill on his way home from school one day and is rescued by a woman twice his age. After a time, she becomes his...Read Full Story

Photo via WENN.comYoung German actor, David Kross, and the Oscarless Ralph Fiennes and Kate Winslet (who may finally get her Oscar later this month for the film, "The Reader" in which all of the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]Read Full Story

In the run-up to the Oscar Awards, British actress Kate Winslet is reported to be facing renewed criticism from the Jewish community over her controversial role as a Nazi in the Holocaust film The Reader.The film, based on Bernhard Schlink's best-selling novel of the same name, has been hit by accusations of "Holocaust revisionism".It features Winslet as Hanna Schmitz, a former concentration campRead Full Story