
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 | 25.913 |
Directed By
Stephen Daldry
Crew
Roger Deakins
Donna Gigliotti
Brigitte Broch
Anthony Minghella
Simone Bär
Eva Stiebler
Sydney Pollack
Claire Simpson
Donna Maloney
Redmond Morris
Ann Roth
Jina Jay
Erwin Prib
Nico Muhly
David Hare
Yeşim Zolan
Stephen Daldry
Chris Menges
Stefan Hauck
Karin Betzler
Barbara Jean Kearney
Katri Billard
Susanna Lenton
Anja Fromm
Linda Gamble
Linda Melazzo
Annette Kudrak
Christian M. Goldbeck
Harvey Weinstein
Peter Owen
Maria Torfeld
Jason Blum
Matthew Smith
George A. Lara
Chris Lyons
Henning Molfenter
Annett Schulze
Michael Fowler
Anu Schwartz
Carl Woebcken
Eric Hirsch
Christoph Fisser
Gabriele Kent-Horspool
Anna Von Gwinner
Marko Costanzo
Lee Dichter
Harry Higgins
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