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