What's the Difference between The Reader the Book and The Reader the Movie?
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In the Movie |
Hanna Schmitz
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Hanna Schmitz
Portrayed by: Kate Winslet
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Michael Berg
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Michael Berg
Portrayed by: David Cross
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Michael Berg (grown-up)
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Michael Berg (grown-up)
Portrayed by: Ralph Fiennes
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| In the Book |
In the Movie |
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Hanna splashes one pail of water, then gets Michael to help her with a second pail. She wipes his hands and splashes water in his face. |
She wipes his face and splashes the two pails of water herself. |
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Michael goes to give Hanna the flowers and looks at all the name plates. Another tenant comes, Michael explains who he is looking for and is directed to Hanna's apartment. |
Michael looks at the nameplates but then enters the apartment and finds Hanna through the cracked open door.
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Michael is 15. |
The actor who plays Michael is 18 and does not look 15 |
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When Michael and Hanna exchange names it is on the 6th visit. When she leanrs his name she makes reference to him being a collage boy- he corrects her and says high school, she then assumes he is 17 rather than 15. He then says he is in 10th grade but may have to repeat because he does not study hard enough. She becomes enraged and kicks him out until he studies hard. |
It is the 3rd visit when they exchange names, she does not make reference to his age, talk about school or kick him out.
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Michael returns home late after his first meeting with Hanna and explains by saying he was lost. His family discusses his return to school with his father making the decision. |
Michael's little sister does not believe his story, saying he is lying. his mother says he is not and never lies. This exchange did not happen in the book. |