The Reader (2008)
Behind the mystery lies a truth that will make you question everything you know.
124 min
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.
- Release date
- February 26, 2009
- Country of origin
- United States, Germany
- Budget
- $32,000,000
- Box office
- $108,902,486
Trailer
Cast
- Kate Winslet as Hanna Schmitz
- Ralph Fiennes as Michael Berg
- Bruno Ganz as Professor Rohl
- Jeanette Hain as Brigitte
- David Kross as Young Michael Berg
- Susanne Lothar as Carla Berg
- Alissa Wilms as Emily Berg
- Florian Bartholomäi as Thomas Berg
- Friederike Becht as Angela Berg
- Matthias Habich as Peter Berg
Crew
- Stephen Daldry · Director
- David Hare · Writer
- Bernhard Schlink · Writer
- Donna Gigliotti · Producer
- Anthony Minghella · Producer
- Redmond Morris · Producer
- Sydney Pollack · Producer
- Nico Muhly · Composer
- Roger Deakins · Cinematographer
- Chris Menges · Cinematographer
- Claire Simpson · Editor
- Simone Bär · Casting director
- Jina Jay · Casting director
- Brigitte Broch · Production designer