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Below, you'll find a number of top-tier streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription alternatives - along with the availability of 'The Reader' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into all the details of how you can watch 'The Reader' right now, here are some particulars about the The Weinstein Company, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Mirage Enterprises, Studio Babelsberg, ARD, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung drama flick.
Released December 10th, 2008, 'The Reader' stars Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, David Kross, Lena Olin The R movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 4 min, and received a user score of 75 (out of 100) on TMDb, which assembled reviews from 2,958 knowledgeable users.
You probably already know what the movie's about, but just in case... Here's the plot: "The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with an older woman, Hanna, who then disappeared only to resurface years later as one of the defendants in a war crimes trial stemming from her actions as a concentration camp guard late in the war. He alone realizes that Hanna is illiterate and may be concealing that fact at the expense of her freedom."
'The Reader' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on YouTube, BritBox, Plex, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kanopy, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Hoopla, Apple iTunes, BritBox Amazon Channel, AMC on Demand, Britbox Apple TV Channel , Vudu, Plex Channel, and Amazon Prime Video .
'The Reader' Release Dates
Watch in Movie Theaters on January 30th, 2009
Watch on DVD or Blu-ray starting
April 14th, 2009
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