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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.

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.

Country USA
Production Countries Germany , USA
Language English
Spoken Languages English , German , Greek , Latin
Budget $32,000,000
Revenue $108,902,486
Release Date 10 December 2008
124 mins
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
Volker Bruch Dieter Spenz
Alexandra Maria Lara Young Ilana Mather
Fabian Busch Hanna's Defense Council
Susanne Lothar Carla Berg
Matthias Habich Peter Berg
Sylvester Groth Prosecuting Council
Jürgen Tarrach Gerhard Bade
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
Benjamin Trinks Holger's friend