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The Reader

Behind the mystery lies a truth that will make you question everything you know.

  • Movie
  • 2008
  • R
  • 2h 4m

Directed by Stephen Daldry

7.5

TMDB audience rating
7.5 out of 10 from 3,518 votes

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Overview

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.

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Cast and crew

  • Ralph Fiennes

    Ralph FiennesMichael Berg

  • Kate Winslet

    Kate WinsletHanna Schmitz

  • David Kross

    David KrossYoung Michael Berg

  • Lena Olin

    Lena OlinRose Mather

  • Bruno Ganz

    Bruno GanzProfessor Rohl

  • Jeanette Hain

    Jeanette HainBrigitte

  • Hannah Herzsprung

    Hannah HerzsprungJulia

  • Karoline Herfurth

    Karoline HerfurthMarthe

  • Volker Bruch

    Volker BruchDieter Spenz

  • Alexandra Maria Lara

    Alexandra Maria LaraYoung Ilana Mather

  • Fabian Busch

    Fabian BuschHanna's Defense Council

  • Vijessna Ferkic

    Vijessna FerkicSophie

  • Susanne Lothar

    Susanne LotharCarla Berg

  • Matthias Habich

    Matthias HabichPeter Berg

  • Burghart Klaußner

    Burghart KlaußnerJudge

  • Sylvester Groth

    Sylvester GrothProsecuting Council

  • Jürgen Tarrach

    Jürgen TarrachGerhard Bade

  • Florian Bartholomäi

    Florian BartholomäiThomas Berg

Director
Stephen Daldry
Writer
David Hare
Music
Nico Muhly
Cinematography
Roger Deakins and Chris Menges