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