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The Reader

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Calorie Rating: 174
Released: 2008-12-10
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 124 Minutes
Budget: 32000000
Revenue 108902486
Homepage: http://www.thereader-movie.com/
Studios: The Weinstein Company, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Mirage Enterprises, Studio Babelsberg, ARD, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, Blumhouse Productions,


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.

Director / Directors

Susanna Lenton
Script Supervisor
Katri Billard
Script Supervisor



Cast

Kate Winslet
Character: Hanna Schmitz
Ralph Fiennes
Character: Michael Berg
David Kross
Character: Young Michael Berg

Lena Olin
Character: Rose Mather
Bruno Ganz
Character: Professor Rohl
Jeanette Hain
Character: Brigitte

Hannah Herzsprung
Character: Julia
Karoline Herfurth
Character: Marthe
Volker Bruch
Character: Dieter Spenz

Alexandra Maria Lara
Character: Young Ilana Mather
Fabian Busch
Character: Hanna's Defense Council
Vijessna Ferkic
Character: Sophie

Susanne Lothar
Character: Carla Berg
Matthias Habich
Character: Peter Berg
Burghart Klaußner
Character: Judge

Sylvester Groth
Character: Prosecuting Council
Jürgen Tarrach
Character: Gerhard Bade
Florian Bartholomäi
Character: Thomas Berg

Moritz Grove
Character: Holger
Kirsten Block
Character: Female Judge
Margarita Broich
Character: Co-Defendant

Marie Gruber
Character: Co-Defendant
Martin Brambach
Character: Remand Prison Guard #1
Carmen-Maja Antoni
Character: Prison Librarian

Heike Hanold-Lynch
Character: Prison Guard
Linda Bassett
Character: Ms. Brenner
Ludwig Blochberger
Character: Student

Benjamin Trinks
Character: Holger's friend


Production and Crew

Yeşim Zolan
Art Direction
Karin Betzler
Set Decoration

Stefan Hauck
Art Direction
Erwin Prib
Art Direction

David Hare
Screenplay

Nico Muhly
Original Music Composer
Roger Deakins
Director of Photography

Eva Stiebler
Set Decoration
Brigitte Broch
Production Design
Jina Jay
Casting

Donna Maloney
Costume Design
Ann Roth
Costume Design
Chris Menges
Director of Photography

Christian M. Goldbeck
Supervising Art Director
Barbara Jean Kearney
Digital Intermediate

Linda Gamble
Unit Publicist
Anja Fromm
Art Direction
Linda Melazzo
Makeup Artist

Annette Kudrak
Music Editor
Harvey Weinstein
Executive Producer

Bob Weinstein
Executive Producer
Anu Schwartz
Art Direction

Chris Lyons
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Peter Owen
Wig Designer
Annett Schulze
Makeup Artist

Matthew Smith
Prosthetic Designer
Anna Von Gwinner
Makeup Artist
Maria Torfeld
Makeup Artist

Jason Blum
Co-Executive Producer

George A. Lara
Foley Mixer
Eric Hirsch
Sound Recordist

Harry Higgins
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Lee Dichter
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Marko Costanzo
Foley Artist