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