The read
Audiences rate it 22 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
A romantic drama set in Germany just before WWI and centered on a married woman who falls in love with her husband's teacher. Separated by the war, they pledge their devotion to one another.
Ratings
IMDb5.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes13%
Metacritic36/100
Audiences rate it 22 points higher than critics do.
141 audience votes
Key crew
- Patrice LeconteDirector
- Patrice LeconteScreenplay
- Jérôme TonnerreScreenplay
- Gabriel YaredOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Rebecca HallLotte Hoffmeister
- Alan RickmanKarl Hoffmeister
- Richard MaddenFriedrich Zeitz
- Toby MurrayOtto Hoffmeister
- Maggie SteedFrau Hermann
- Shannon TarbetAnna
- Jean-Louis SbilleHans, the Butler
- Sarah MessensMagda, the Maid
- Jonathan SawdonThe Engineer
- Christelle CornilPost Office Employee
- Gordon WilsonHotel Concierge
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Themes
germanyworld war iwartimelove letterambitiondying manlove affairtutordesireextramarital affairmarried womansteel mill