It's not just that Germans in Germany of 1958 speak English. Even their books are in English. And that's not all. Surely Kate Winslet does a good performance, better than that of Ralph Fiennes, but she acts in an Anglo-Saxon way.

And this is still a very German story. It's about the 15-year-old boy who starts this love affair with a much older woman. He meets her again during his law studies and understands that everything was false. From the beginning of the affair and also from the past. That leads to consequences for his future life.

There are many interesting questions about guilt here. The one we deserve and the one we don't deserve. But it's anyway very mainstream. You have the feeling you've been cheated here. Not just because of the English language.