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In 1995 Berlin, after a woman he has spent the night with leaves his apartment abruptly after he has made her breakfast, Michael Berg watches a U-Bahn pass by, setting up a flashback to a tram in 1958. In the flashback, as a 15-year-old boy, Michael (David Kross) feels sick while wandering the streets. Pausing nearby an apartment building he vomits. Hanna Schmitz (Kate Winslet), a tram conductor returning home, cleans him up and helps him return home. Michael, diagnosed with scarlet fever, recuperates at home for three months, and once recovered, he visits Hanna with flowers to thank her.

MPAA Rating:R
Genre:Drama, Romance
Country:Germany, United States
Produced By:Arno Neubauer, Henning Molfenter, Marianna Rowinska, Charlie Woebcken, Sydney Pollack, Tarik Karam, Sabine Schenk, Michael Simon De Normier, Harvey Weinstein, Nora Skinner, Jason Blum, Christoph Fisser, Anthony Minghella, Redmond Morris, Bob Weinstein, Marieke Spencer, Donna Gigliotti
Directed By:Stephen Daldry
Written By:David Hare, Bernhard Schlink
Cast:Hannah Herzsprung, Michael Schenk, Linda Bassett, Ralph Fiennes, Anne-Kathrin Gummich, Fritz Roth, Torsten Michaelis, Hendrik Maaß, Frieder Venus, Jürgen Tarrach, Joachim Tomaschewsky, Sylvester Groth, Rich Odell, Volker Bruch, Klemen Novak, Daniele Rizzo, Rainer Sellien, Alexandra Maria Lara, David Kross, Carmen-Maja Antoni, Sam Luca Scollin, Thomas Borchardt, Karoline Herfurth, Petra Hartung, Heike Hanold-Lynch, Moritz Grove, Beata Lehmann, Fabian Busch, Marie-Anne Fliegel, Hendrik Arnst, Florian Bartholomäi, Matthias Habich, Bettina Scheuritzel, Hans Hohlbein, Kate Winslet, Lena Lessing, Hildegard Schroedter, Susanne Lothar, Ludwig Blochberger, Barbara Philipp, Friederike Becht, Max Mauff, Martin Brambach, Vijessna Ferkic, Alissa Wilms, Bruno Ganz, Kirsten Block, Lena Olin, Nadja Engel, Jacqueline Macaulay, Benjamin Trinks, Alexander Kasprik, Merelina Kendall, Jonas Jägermeyr, Margarita Broich, Marie Gruber, Jeanette Hain, Stephan Ziller, Burghart Klaußner
In Theaters:Jan 30, 2009
Runtime:2 hours 4 minutes
Production:The Weinstein Company, Mirage Enterprises, Studio Babelsberg, Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA)
Budget:$32,000,000
Box Office:$34,194,407
Available On:Amazon, Itunes, Netflix, Vudu
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