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Movie • 2008 • Drama  

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The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with an older woman, Hanna, who then disappeared only to resurface years later as one of the defendants in a war crimes trial stemming from her actions as a concentration camp guard late in the war. He alone realizes that Hanna is illiterate and may be concealing that fact at the expense of her freedom.
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Does the dog die?
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Does a horse die?
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Is an animal sad?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Is there body horror?
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Are there jump scares?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Abuse
Is someone gaslighted?
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Is a child abused?
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Is there domestic violence?
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Are animals abused?
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Is there a dead animal?
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Does a cat die?
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Does a pet die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Assault
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Bodily Harm
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Is there a hanging?
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Yes but neither the hanging itself nor the body is seen. You only see the character preparing their own suicide
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Is someone tortured?
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Is there excessive gore?
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Children
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Death
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Does a major character die?
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Fear
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Anonymous
Not necesserily a shower seen but the two main characters take several baths together and are completely naked
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Are there clowns?
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Are there ghosts?
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Gross
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Does someone vomit?
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In the beginning, the main character vomits on the street. Its not very graphic but you might want to look away for a few seconds. It doesn’t happen suddenly, so you see him looking sick in the „Straßenbahn“(I habe no idea what they‘re called in english). After he throws up a woman takes a bucket and washed the vomit away. You can look again when she‘s done with it
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Are there 9/11 depictions?
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Is there bisexual cheating?
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He is 15, she is 36

At least in the book. But I think the age gap in the movie is similar. He‘s a minor and she is in not that young anymore.

An other problem is, that this relationship isn‘t really criticised by anyone
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Are there nude scenes?
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Does someone lose their virginity?
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Is there sexual content?
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Spoiler
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Violence
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Does someone drown?
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