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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $32,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $108,902,486.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 26.168 |
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
Charlie 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
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