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The Reader (2008)

Average Score: 7.47 (rated by 3211 viewers)

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.

Genres

Drama, Romance

Additional info

CastReview
  • 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

  • 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