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The Reader (2008 film) Quotes

The Reader (2008 film) is a TV program that appeared on TV in 1970 . The Reader ended its run in 1970.

It features Nico Muhly in charge of musical score, and Chris Menges; Roger Deakins as head of cinematography.

The Reader (2008 film) is recorded in English, German, and Greek and originally aired in Germany. Each episode of The Reader (2008 film) is 124 minutes long. The Reader (2008 film) is distributed by The Weinstein Company.

The cast includes: Kate Winslet as Hanna Schmitz, Bruno Ganz as Professor Rohl, Hannah Herzsprung as Julia, and Jeanette Hain as Brigitte.

The Reader (2008 film) Quotes

Kate Winslet as Hanna Schmitz

  • (Michael) "What's wrong now?"
  • (Kate Winslet) "Nothing's wrong. Nothing."
  • (Michael) "You know, you never ask. You never bother to ask how I am."
  • (Kate Winslet) "You never say."
  • (Michael) "It just happens to be my birthday. It's my birthday, that's all. In fact, you've never even asked when it is."
  • (Kate Winslet) "You want a fight, kid."
  • (Michael) "No, I don't want a fight. What's wrong with you?"
  • (Kate Winslet) "What business is it of yours?"
  • (Michael) "Always on your terms, everything. What you want, it's always what you want. My friends were giving me a party."
  • (Kate Winslet) "Then why are you here then? Go back to your party. Is that what you want?"
  • (Kate Winslet) "This is disgusting. Where did you get this?"
  • (Michael) "I borrowed it from someone at school."
  • (Kate Winslet) "Well, you should be ashamed."
  • (Kate Winslet) "Go on."
  • (Michael) "I brought you these flowers. To say thank you."
  • (Kate Winslet) "Put them over there in the sink."
  • (Michael) "I would've come earlier but I've been in bed for three months."
  • (Kate Winslet) "You are better now?"
  • (Michael) "Yes, thank you."
  • (Kate Winslet) "Have you always been weak?"
  • (Michael) "Oh no, I've never been sick before. It's incredibly boring. There's nothing to do. I couldn't even be bothered to read."
  • (Michael) "I sat in the second carriage because I thought you might kiss me."
  • (Kate Winslet) "Kid, you thought we could make love in a tram?"
  • (Kate Winslet) "Is it true what you said? That I don't matter to you?"
  • (Michael) "Do you forgive me?"
  • (Michael) "Do you love me?"
  • (Kate Winslet) "You don't have the power to upset me. You don't matter enough to upset me."
  • (Michael) "What's your name?"
  • (Kate Winslet) "What?"
  • (Michael) "Your name."
  • (Kate Winslet) "Why do you want to know?"
  • (Michael) "I've been here three times. I want to know your name. What's wrong with that?"
  • (Kate Winslet) "Nothing, kid. There's nothing wrong with that. It's Hanna."
  • (Michael) "You looked so suspicious."
  • (Kate Winslet) "What's yours, kid?"
  • (Michael) "Michael."
  • (Kate Winslet) "Michael. So I'm with a Michael."
  • (Michael) "What are you doing? What is this? Why did you behave as if you didn't know me?"
  • (Kate Winslet) "You didn't want to know me. You could see I was in the first carriage. So why did you get on the second?"
  • (Michael) "What did you think I was doing? Why the hell did you think I was there?"
  • (Kate Winslet) "How should I know? I've been working. I need a bath, and I'd like to be by myself. Would you please leave?"
  • (Michael) "I didn't mean to upset you."
  • (Kate Winslet) "You don't have the power to upset me. You don't matter enough to upset me."
  • (Kate Winslet) "It doesn't matter what I feel. It doesn't matter what I think. The dead are still dead."

Bruno Ganz as Professor Rohl

  • (Bruno Ganz) "Societies think they operate by something called morality, but they don't. They operate by something called law."
  • (Bruno Ganz) "8000 people worked at Auschwitz. Precisely 19 have been convicted, and only 6 of murder."
  • (Bruno Ganz) "The question is never "Was it wrong", but "Was it legal". And not by our laws, no. By the laws at the time."
  • (Bruno Ganz) "You have been skipping seminars."
  • (Michael) "I have a piece of information, concerning one of the defendants. Something they do not admitting."
  • (Bruno Ganz) "What information? You don't need to tell me. It's perfectly clear you have a moral obligation to disclose it to the court."
  • (Michael) "It happens this information is favorable to the defendant. It can help her case. It may even affect the outcome, certainly the sentencing."
  • (Bruno Ganz) "So?"
  • (Michael) "There's a problem. The defendant herself is determined to keep this information secret."
  • (Bruno Ganz) "What are her reasons?"
  • (Michael) "Because she's ashamed."
  • (Bruno Ganz) "Ashamed of what? Have you spoken to her?"
  • (Michael) "Of course not."
  • (Bruno Ganz) "Why "of course not"?"
  • (Michael) "I can't. I can't do that. I can't talk to her."
  • (Bruno Ganz) "What we feel isn't important. It's utterly unimportant. The only question is what we do. If people like you don't learn from what happened to people like me, then what the hell is the point of anything?"

Jeanette Hain as Brigitte

  • (Jeanette Hain) "You didn't wake me."
  • (Michael Berg) "You were sleeping."
  • (Jeanette Hain) "You let me sleep because you can't bear to have breakfast with me."

Hannah Herzsprung as Julia

  • (Michael Berg) "I'm aware I was difficult. I wasn't always open with you. I'm not open with anyone."
  • (Hannah Herzsprung) "I knew you were distant. You know, I always assumed it was my fault."
  • (Michael Berg) "Julia. How wrong can you be."

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