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The Reader (2008)
Directed by Stephen Daldry
“Behind the mystery lies a truth that will make you question everything you know.”
Drama, Romance · 2h 04m
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.
Cast
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
Crew
- Director
- Stephen Daldry
- Screenplay
- David Hare
- Director of Photography
- Roger Deakins, Chris Menges
- Original Music Composer
- Nico Muhly
- Editor
- Claire Simpson
- Producer
- Donna Gigliotti, Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Redmond Morris
Details
- Release date
- 2008-12-10
- Runtime
- 2h 04m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English, German, Greek, Latin
- Countries
- Germany, United States of America
- Production
- The Weinstein Company, Mirage Enterprises, Studio Babelsberg
- Budget
- $32,000,000
- Box office
- $108,902,486