Kate Winslet is starring alongside
Ralph Fiennes in
Stephen Daldry‘s post-world war II drama, ”
The Reader,” based on the novel by
Bernhard Schlink.
In postwar Germany, a young man's decades-long obsession with an older woman runs headlong into a war crimes trial, where he learns an awful truth.
The film, currently being shot on location in Germany, sees Kate playing an older woman involved with a young man.
You can see her on the set photos looking extremely haggard and aged.
Kate replaced
Nicole Kidman after she pulled out of shooting on the drama after falling pregnant.
Kate recently finished filming ”
Revolutionary Road”, which will sees her back on the big screen alongside
Leonardo DiCaprio again.
Director:
Stephen Daldry
Writers:
Bernhard Schlink (novel),
David Hare (screenplay)
Starring:
Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, Alexandra Maria Lara, Bruno Ganz, David Kross
Release Date:
12 December 2008 
