
The Reader (2008)
Overview
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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Additional Info
Budget | $32,000,000.00 |
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Revenue | $108,902,486.00 |
Original Language | en |
Popularity | 26.389 |
Directed By
Stephen Daldry
Crew
Stephen Daldry
Chris Menges
David Hare
Anthony Minghella
Donna Gigliotti
Redmond Morris
Sydney Pollack
Nico Muhly
Roger Deakins
Claire Simpson
Simone Bär
Jina Jay
Brigitte Broch
Stefan Hauck
Erwin Prib
Yeşim Zolan
Karin Betzler
Eva Stiebler
Donna Maloney
Ann Roth
Barbara Jean Kearney
Anja Fromm
Linda Melazzo
Katri Billard
Linda Gamble
Susanna Lenton
Annette Kudrak
Christian M. Goldbeck
Harvey Weinstein
Anu Schwartz
Gabriele Kent-Horspool
Chris Lyons
Peter Owen
Annett Schulze
Matthew Smith
Anna Von Gwinner
Maria Torfeld
Jason Blum
Christoph Fisser
Henning Molfenter
Carl Woebcken
George A. Lara
Eric Hirsch
Harry Higgins
Michael Fowler
Lee Dichter
Marko Costanzo
Bernhard Schlink
Bob Weinstein
TOP CAST

Kate Winslet
Hanna Schmitz

Ralph Fiennes
Michael Berg

David Kross
Young Michael Berg

Lena Olin
Rose Mather

Bruno Ganz
Professor Rohl

Jeanette Hain
Brigitte

Hannah Herzsprung
Julia

Karoline Herfurth
Marthe

Volker Bruch
Dieter Spenz

Alexandra Maria Lara
Young Ilana Mather

Fabian Busch
Hanna's Defense Council

Vijessna Ferkic
Sophie

Susanne Lothar
Carla Berg

Matthias Habich
Peter Berg

Burghart Klaußner
Judge

Sylvester Groth
Prosecuting Council

Jürgen Tarrach
Gerhard Bade

Florian Bartholomäi
Thomas Berg

Moritz Grove
Holger

Kirsten Block
Female Judge

Margarita Broich
Co-Defendant

Marie Gruber
Co-Defendant

Martin Brambach
Remand Prison Guard #1

Carmen-Maja Antoni
Prison Librarian

Heike Hanold-Lynch
Prison Guard

Linda Bassett
Ms. Brenner

Ludwig Blochberger
Student

Benjamin Trinks
Holger's friend