
The Reader
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.
The Reader
December 10, 2008
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Cast (28)

Ralph Fiennes
Michael Berg

Kate Winslet
Hanna Schmitz

David Kross
Young Michael Berg

Lena Olin
Rose Mather

Bruno Ganz
Professor Rohl

Jeanette Hain
Brigitte

Hannah Herzsprung
Julia

Karoline Herfurth
Marthe

Volker Bruch
Dieter Spenz

Alexandra Maria Lara
Young Ilana Mather

Fabian Busch
Hanna's Defense Council

Vijessna Ferkic
Sophie

Susanne Lothar
Carla Berg

Matthias Habich
Peter Berg

Burghart Klaußner
Judge

Sylvester Groth
Prosecuting Council

Jürgen Tarrach
Gerhard Bade

Florian Bartholomäi
Thomas Berg

Moritz Grove
Holger

Kirsten Block
Female Judge

Margarita Broich
Co-Defendant

Marie Gruber
Co-Defendant

Martin Brambach
Remand Prison Guard #1

Carmen-Maja Antoni
Prison Librarian

Heike Hanold-Lynch
Prison Guard

Linda Bassett
Ms. Brenner

Ludwig Blochberger
Student

Benjamin Trinks
Holger's friend
Crew (49)
Directing
Writing

David Hare
Screenplay

Bernhard Schlink
Book
Production

Anthony Minghella
Producer

Jason Blum
Co-Executive Producer

Harvey Weinstein
Executive Producer

Donna Gigliotti
Producer

Simone Bär
Casting

Redmond Morris
Producer

Sydney Pollack
Producer

Jina Jay
Casting

Bob Weinstein
Executive Producer

Christoph Fisser
Co-Producer

Henning Molfenter
Co-Producer

Carl Woebcken
Co-Producer
Sound

Lee Dichter
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

George A. Lara
Foley Mixer

Marko Costanzo
Foley Artist

Michael Fowler
ADR Mixer

Eric Hirsch
Sound Recordist

Harry Higgins
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Nico Muhly
Original Music Composer

Annette Kudrak
Music Editor
Art

Eva Stiebler
Set Decoration

Yeşim Zolan
Art Direction

Erwin Prib
Art Direction

Anja Fromm
Art Direction

Stefan Hauck
Art Direction

Anu Schwartz
Art Direction

Christian M. Goldbeck
Supervising Art Director

Brigitte Broch
Production Design

Karin Betzler
Set Decoration
Camera

Chris Menges
Director of Photography

Roger Deakins
Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up

Ann Roth
Costume Design

Maria Torfeld
Makeup Artist

Donna Maloney
Costume Design

Gabriele Kent-Horspool
Makeup Artist

Linda Melazzo
Makeup Artist

Anna Von Gwinner
Makeup Artist

Chris Lyons
Special Effects Makeup Artist

Peter Owen
Wig Designer

Matthew Smith
Prosthetic Designer

Annett Schulze
Makeup Artist
Crew

Linda Gamble
Unit Publicist
Editing

Barbara Jean Kearney
Digital Intermediate

Claire Simpson
Editor