Rewind Day - "The Reader" (2008)
OVERVIEW
Based on the novel Der Vorleser by German writer Bernhard Schlink.
Directed by Stephen Daldry.
Nominated in five categories and won one at the 81st Academy Awards, and was nominated in five categories and won two at the 62nd BAFTAs.
CAST
Kate Winslet as Hanna Schmitz
Ralph Fiennes as adult Michael Berg
David Kross as teenage Michael Berg
Bruno Ganz as Professor Rohl
Alexandra Maria Lara as Ilana Mather
Lena Olin as Rose Mather
FUN FACTS
One of the film's producers was Anthony Minghella, who directed Ralph in The English Patient (1996).
David Kross learned how to speak English for his role.
Several actresses were considered for the role of Hanna Schmitz, including Naomi Watts and Marion Cotillard.
Bruno Ganz portrayed Adolf Hitler in Downfall (2004), which is famously remembered after a scene in which Hitler erupts into an angry tirade became a viral phenomenon in the late 2000's-early 2010's internet culture.
