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The Reader

75 %|Dec 10, 2008|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.

Featured Crew

Stephen Daldry
Director
Chris Menges
Director of Photography
David Hare
Screenplay
Anthony Minghella
Producer
Donna Gigliotti
Producer
Redmond Morris
Producer
Sydney Pollack
Producer
Nico Muhly
Original Music Composer

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Cast

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Kate Winslet
Hanna Schmitz
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Ralph Fiennes
Michael Berg
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David Kross
Young Michael Berg
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Lena Olin
Rose Mather
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Bruno Ganz
Professor Rohl
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Volker Bruch
Dieter Spenz
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Alexandra Maria Lara
Young Ilana Mather
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Fabian Busch
Hanna's Defense Council
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Susanne Lothar
Carla Berg
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Matthias Habich
Peter Berg
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Sylvester Groth
Prosecuting Council
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Jürgen Tarrach
Gerhard Bade
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Kirsten Block
Female Judge
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Margarita Broich
Co-Defendant
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Marie Gruber
Co-Defendant
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Martin Brambach
Remand Prison Guard #1
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Carmen-Maja Antoni
Prison Librarian
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Heike Hanold-Lynch
Prison Guard
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Linda Bassett
Ms. Brenner
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Benjamin Trinks
Holger's friend