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.
Directed By
Stephen DaldryWritten By
David Hare, Bernhard SchlinkCast of The Reader
Kate WinsletHanna Schmitz
Ralph FiennesMichael Berg
David KrossYoung Michael Berg
Lena OlinRose Mather
Bruno GanzProfessor Rohl
Jeanette HainBrigitte
Hannah HerzsprungJulia
Karoline HerfurthMarthe
Volker BruchDieter Spenz
Alexandra Maria LaraYoung Ilana Mather
Fabian BuschHanna's Defense Council
Vijessna FerkicSophie
Susanne LotharCarla Berg
Matthias HabichPeter Berg
Burghart KlaußnerJudge
Sylvester GrothProsecuting Council
Jürgen TarrachGerhard Bade
Florian BartholomäiThomas Berg
Moritz GroveHolger
Kirsten BlockFemale Judge
Margarita BroichCo-Defendant
Marie GruberCo-Defendant
Martin BrambachRemand Prison Guard #1
Carmen-Maja AntoniPrison Librarian
Heike Hanold-LynchPrison Guard
Linda BassettMs. Brenner
Ludwig BlochbergerStudent
Benjamin TrinksHolger's friend
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