The Reader

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.

Details

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

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