The Reader
2008/12/10 (US) | Drama, Romance
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.
David Hare
Screenplay
Stephen Daldry
Director
Lead 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
Budget
$ 32,000,000
Revenue
$ 108,902,486
Status
Released
Production Company
- The Weinstein Company
- Mirage Enterprises
- Studio Babelsberg
Crews
Roger Deakins
Director of Photography
Donna Gigliotti
Producer
Brigitte Broch
Production Design
Anthony Minghella
Producer
Simone Bär
Casting
Eva Stiebler
Set Decoration
Sydney Pollack
Producer
Claire Simpson
Editor