The Reader (2008)

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

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

	Kate Winslet	As: Hanna Schmitz
	Ralph Fiennes	As: Michael Berg
	David Kross	As: Young Michael Berg
	Lena Olin	As: Rose Mather
	Bruno Ganz	As: Professor Rohl

Storyline

Tagline:	Behind the mystery lies a truth that will make you question everything you know.
Certification:	R

Details

Genres: Drama, Romance

Language: English, Deutsch, ελληνικά, Latin

Release Date: 10 December 2008

Country: DE, US

Runtime: 124m

Company Credits

Company: The Weinstein Company, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Mirage Enterprises, Studio Babelsberg, ARD, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung

Budget: $32,000,000

Revenue: $108,902,486

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Cast

	Kate Winslet	Hanna Schmitz
	Ralph Fiennes	Michael Berg
	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

Directed By

	Stephen Daldry	Director
	Susanna Lenton	Script Supervisor
	Katri Billard	Script Supervisor

Writing Credits

	David Hare	Screenplay
	Bernhard Schlink	Book

Production Crew

	Jina Jay	Casting
	Donna Gigliotti	Producer
	Simone Bär	Casting
	Redmond Morris	Producer
	Anthony Minghella	Producer
	Sydney Pollack	Producer
	Harvey Weinstein	Executive Producer
	Bob Weinstein	Executive Producer
	Jason Blum	Co-Executive Producer
	Christoph Fisser	Co-Producer
	Henning Molfenter	Co-Producer
	Charlie Woebcken	Co-Producer

Edited By

	Claire Simpson	Editor
	Barbara Jean Kearney	Digital Intermediate

Costume and Makeup

	Ann Roth	Costume Design
	Donna Maloney	Costume Design
	Linda Melazzo	Makeup Artist
	Gabriele Kent-Horspool	Makeup Artist
	Chris Lyons	Special Effects Makeup Artist
	Peter Owen	Wig Designer
	Annett Schulze	Makeup Artist
	Matthew Smith	Prosthetic Designer
	Anna Von Gwinner	Makeup Artist
	Maria Torfeld	Makeup Artist

Sound

	Nico Muhly	Original Music Composer
	Annette Kudrak	Music Editor
	George A. Lara	Foley Mixer
	Eric Hirsch	Sound Recordist
	Harry Higgins	Sound Re-Recording Mixer
	Michael Fowler	ADR Mixer
	Lee Dichter	Sound Re-Recording Mixer
	Marko Costanzo	Foley Artist

Visual Effects

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Camera

	Chris Menges	Director of Photography
	Roger Deakins	Director of Photography

Lighting

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Art Department

	Brigitte Broch	Production Design
	Stefan Hauck	Art Direction
	Eva Stiebler	Set Decoration
	Yeşim Zolan	Art Direction
	Erwin Prib	Art Direction
	Karin Betzler	Set Decoration
	Christian M. Goldbeck	Supervising Art Director
	Anja Fromm	Art Direction
	Anu Schwartz	Art Direction

Other Crew

Linda Gamble

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