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Certificate 15

Cast Kate Winslet Ralph Fiennes David Kross

Directors Steven Daldry

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Running Time 124 minutes

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Slow and middlebrow, but Kate saves the day...

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Plot
In 1958, 15 year-old Michael Berg (Kross) has an affair with an older woman, Hanna (Winslet). Later, as a law student, he attends a war-crimes trial — and finds Hanna accused of mass-murder. As an adult (Fiennes), Michael is troubled by aspects of Hanna’s case.

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