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 Movie |
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Hanna always makes Michale take a shower with her before they get it on. |
Not in the movie. |
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Michale takes a ride on Hanna's street car. But she ignores him and chats and jokes with the driver, glancing at him once. |
Hanna sees Michael, looks furious and slams the streetcar door separating the driver from the passengers.
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After the tram incident , they fight in Hanna's home. She kicks him out but he comes back a half hour later, after she is out of the tub. He apologizes for everything, later thinking it was a power struggle which she won. It bothered him but he always gave in to fights. He wrote her a few letters explaining things, but she never responded to them. He does not cry, or tell her he can not live without her. |
The fight happens in the movie, but she adds "you don't mean enough to me to upset me". Michael leaves, but only for a few minutes while he cries, returning while she is still in the tub, telling her he can not live without her. |
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This did not happen. |
Michael shows Hanna a guide book, which she grabs and throws, remarking that he likes to plan.
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Michael goes out one morning to get breakfast, leaving Hanna a note. He comes back with her trembling, furious that he left her. She hits him with a belt, and breaks down crying. He tells her he just went out and left a note. She says there was no note. This does not happen in the movie. |
In the movie, rather than the note scene, they go to a restaurant where Hanna looks at the menu and then tells Michael to order for her. She stares at children reading the menu. After lunch Michael goes to show her a map of where they are going - she says she does not want to know where they are going. |