The Reader · written by David Hare · 2008

Michael parks, gets out, and walks purposefully across the street.

Scene 64 of 196 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Act oneAct two

Begins 25 min into a 1:21 film

The story so farBefore scene 64

As a law student, Michael sees Hanna, his former lover, on trial for war crimes and must face the secret that shaped their teenage relationship.

Scenes 1–6
In 1995, Michael prepares breakfast for Brigitte, then is alone in his apartment and looks out the window.
Scenes 7–24
The sick schoolboy Michael accepts Hanna’s help and returns to her.
Scenes 25–35
Michael enters an intimate relationship with Hanna, organized around his reading to her.
Just before
Scene 61
In 1995, Michael reopens his old notebook, sees poems and reading lists, then puts it away.
Scene 62
Michael leaves his apartment building and gets into his Mercedes.
Scene 63
Michael drives through a rebuilding Berlin while listening to the Bach music from the church.
Scene 64
This scene

64EXT. STREET. DAY

MICHAEL swings his car into place. He gets out and heads across the road, prosperous, purposeful.