The Reader (2008)
Drama • Romance • 2ч 4м
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.
TMDB rating:
7.5
(3,395)
Cast
Ralph Fiennes
Michael Berg
Kate Winslet
Hanna Schmitz
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
Crew
Stephen Daldry
Director
Chris Menges
Director of Photography
David Hare
Screenplay
Anthony Minghella
Producer
Donna Gigliotti
Producer
Redmond Morris
Producer
Sydney Pollack
Producer
Nico Muhly
Original Music Composer
Roger Deakins
Director of Photography
Claire Simpson
Editor
Simone Bär
Casting
Jina Jay
Casting
Brigitte Broch
Production Design
Stefan Hauck
Art Direction
Erwin Prib
Art Direction
Yeşim Zolan
Art Direction
Karin Betzler
Set Decoration
Eva Stiebler
Set Decoration
Donna Maloney
Costume Design
Ann Roth
Costume Design
Barbara Jean Kearney
Digital Intermediate
Anja Fromm
Art Direction
Linda Melazzo
Makeup Artist
Katri Billard
Script Supervisor
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