The Reader
“Behind the mystery lies a truth that will make you question everything you know.”
7.5
2008
2h 4m
DramaRomance
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.
Key Crew
Director
Stephen Daldry
Producers
Donna Gigliotti
Anthony Minghella
Sydney Pollack
Writers
David Hare
Cinematography
Roger Deakins
Music
Nico Muhly
Cast (28)
Ralph Fiennes
Michael Berg
Kate Winslet
Hanna Schmitz
