The Reader · written by David Hare · 2008

The seminar group rides a train together; Michael and Marthe exchange smiles.

Scene 95 of 196 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Act oneAct two

Begins 36 min into a 1:21 film

The story so farBefore scene 95

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 92
Michael asks to take Julia on a trip and proposes collecting her tomorrow at ten; she smiles, and he hugs her before she goes inside.
Scene 93
At law school in 1966, Rohl welcomes a small seminar on the Third Reich legal system; Marthe corrects his greeting to include women.
Scene 94
Marthe finds Michael working in his room, asks whether he is serious about working, then leaves after they smile at each other.
Scene 95
This scene

95INT. TRAIN. DAY

The seminar group, long-haired, hippyish, is on the train : PROFESSOR ROHL, with MARTHE, DIETER and a few others. MICHAEL catches MARTHA’S eye. They smile. Then he opens the window, cheerful.