This drama is very good that help Kate Winslet won the Oscar award for Best Actress. The drama began in 1950s, post-WWII Germany. A young Micheal(David Kross) was sick on the way home. He met Hannah and she took him home. Three months later, Micheal visited Hannah and they started an affair. The affair did not last when Hannah suddenly disappeared without saying a word. Eight years later, when Micheal was a law student, he met Hannah again but this time, she was one of the defendant who were charged for killing 300 Jews in WWII. As the trial progressed, Micheal learned Hannah's secret. In fact, she was illiterate. Hannah was sentenced life imprisonment. Years pass, Micheal(Ralph Fiernes) now became a lawyer. When he visited his mother, he thought about Hannah. He started sending her the tapes which he recorded his reading. Hannah started to learn how to read and write. She finally wrote Micheal a letter but he did not write back. Micheal kept sending the recorded tapes to Hannah. Eventually, Hannah hung herself. At the end, Micheal and his daughter, Julia, visited Hannah's grave and he began to tell Julia his story.
Kate's performance in this series is very excellent and also David Kross. He was only 18 at the time when he was in this movie but he did a very good job despite his lack of English. Especially, I really like his chemistry with Kate Winslet.