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Germany after World War II in 1958. Berlin teenager Mike vomited uncomfortably on a street corner because of scarlet fever. The conductor Hannah happened to pass by to help him. After Mike recovered from his illness, he went to Hannah's house to thank her, and the two had a relationship that shouldn't have happened. Although Hannah is old enough to be Mike's mother, Mike's youthful passion makes him reluctant to leave Hannah. Hannah likes Mike reading books to her very much, she listens mesmerizingly, and Mike also enjoys this kind of company very much. One day the station wanted to transfer Hannah to the office to do secretarial work, Hannah was very angry and left without saying goodbye. A few years later, Mike became a college student studying law, and he gradually forgot about Hannah. However, when Mike was about to graduate to attend a trial, he accidentally saw Hannah in the dock. It turned out that Hannah had been a female guard in a Nazi concentration camp. Because she did not want to reveal the fact that she could not read, Hannah inexplicably confessed to a crime that did not belong to her. After Mike knew the reason, he could have defended and clarified Hannah, but he didn't want to expose his past relationship with Hannah. Mike kept silent, and Hannah was finally sentenced to life imprisonment. Many years later, Mike mailed the tapes he read aloud to Hannah. Listening to the tapes, Hannah rekindled the hope of life, and she slowly learned to recognize and write by comparing the tapes and books. Hannah starts writing to Mike, who has mixed feelings but never writes back. Many years later, when it was time for Hannah to be released from prison, Mike came to the prison and saw the gray-haired Hannah with mixed feelings in his heart. Hannah offers to shake Mike's hand, but Mike refuses. Hannah commits suicide in despair