The Reader

The Reader

2008
2h 4m
7.5

7.5/10

3,356 votes • View on IMDb
Drama Romance

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

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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Status: Released

Budget: $32,000,000

Revenue: $108,902,486

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
The Weinstein Company Mirage Enterprises Studio Babelsberg
Production Countries
Germany United States of America
Spoken Languages
English German Greek Latin

Keywords

based on novel or book germany war crimes world war ii women's prison trial female prisoner reading aloud love affair cynical law student teenage sexuality older woman younger man relationship reading to someone secret lover shame literacy frantic west germany courtroom drama complex cautionary depressing cruel disheartening embarrassed tragic

Quick Facts

Release Date December 10, 2008
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0976051

Cast

Ralph Fiennes
Ralph Fiennes

Michael Berg

Kate Winslet
Kate Winslet

Hanna Schmitz

David Kross
David Kross

Young Michael Berg

Lena Olin
Lena Olin

Rose Mather

Bruno Ganz
Bruno Ganz

Professor Rohl

Jeanette Hain
Jeanette Hain

Brigitte

Hannah Herzsprung
Hannah Herzsprung

Julia

Karoline Herfurth
Karoline Herfurth

Marthe

Volker Bruch
Volker Bruch

Dieter Spenz

Alexandra Maria Lara
Alexandra Maria Lara

Young Ilana Mather

Fabian Busch
Fabian Busch

Hanna's Defense Council

Vijessna Ferkic
Vijessna Ferkic

Sophie

Key Crew

Stephen Daldry
Director
Donna Gigliotti
Producer
Anthony Minghella
Producer
Sydney Pollack
Producer
David Hare
Screenplay
Redmond Morris
Producer
Harvey Weinstein
Executive Producer
Bob Weinstein
Executive Producer