The Reader

The Reader

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

2008 en 124 minutes

Rating: 7.473

Plot

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

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

Susanne Lothar

Susanne Lothar

Carla Berg

Matthias Habich

Matthias Habich

Peter Berg

Burghart Klaußner

Burghart Klaußner

Judge

Sylvester Groth

Sylvester Groth

Prosecuting Council

Jürgen Tarrach

Jürgen Tarrach

Gerhard Bade

Florian Bartholomäi

Florian Bartholomäi

Thomas Berg

Moritz Grove

Moritz Grove

Holger

Kirsten Block

Kirsten Block

Female Judge

Margarita Broich

Margarita Broich

Co-Defendant

Marie Gruber

Marie Gruber

Co-Defendant

Martin Brambach

Martin Brambach

Remand Prison Guard #1

Carmen-Maja Antoni

Carmen-Maja Antoni

Prison Librarian

Heike Hanold-Lynch

Heike Hanold-Lynch

Prison Guard

Linda Bassett

Linda Bassett

Ms. Brenner

Ludwig Blochberger

Ludwig Blochberger

Student

Benjamin Trinks

Benjamin Trinks

Holger's friend

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