The Reader
The Reader
Release: 2008-12-10
·Runtime: 124m
·★ 7.5
Drama
Romance
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 Countries
Germany
United States of America
Production Companies
The Weinstein Company
Mirage Enterprises
Studio Babelsberg
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Linda Bassett
as Ms. Brenner
David Kross
as Young Michael Berg
Burghart Klaußner
as Judge
Margarita Broich
as Co-Defendant
Benjamin Trinks
as Holger's friend
Bruno Ganz
as Professor Rohl
Hannah Herzsprung
as Julia
Volker Bruch
as Dieter Spenz
Alexandra Maria Lara
as Young Ilana Mather
Moritz Grove
as Holger
Kirsten Block
as Female Judge
Marie Gruber
as Co-Defendant
Ludwig Blochberger
as Student
Kate Winslet
as Hanna Schmitz
Karoline Herfurth
as Marthe
Vijessna Ferkic
as Sophie
Matthias Habich
as Peter Berg
Jürgen Tarrach
as Gerhard Bade
Florian Bartholomäi
as Thomas Berg
Martin Brambach
as Remand Prison Guard #1
Carmen-Maja Antoni
as Prison Librarian
Ralph Fiennes
as Michael Berg
Lena Olin
as Rose Mather
Jeanette Hain
as Brigitte
Fabian Busch
as Hanna's Defense Council
Susanne Lothar
as Carla Berg
Sylvester Groth
as Prosecuting Council
Heike Hanold-Lynch
as Prison Guard
Crew
Roger Deakins
Director of Photography
Brigitte Broch
Production Design
Harvey Weinstein
Executive Producer
Anthony Minghella
Producer
Sydney Pollack
Producer
Bob Weinstein
Executive Producer
Claire Simpson
Editor
Jina Jay
Casting
Nico Muhly
Original Music Composer
Ann Roth
Costume Design
Chris Menges
Director of Photography
Jason Blum
Co-Executive Producer
Carl Woebcken
Co-Producer
Simone Bär
Casting
David Hare
Screenplay
Stephen Daldry
Director
Christoph Fisser
Co-Producer
Henning Molfenter
Co-Producer