The Reader
2008
Behind the mystery lies a truth that will make you question everything you know.
- Stephen Daldry
- 2h 4m
- December 10, 2008 · Germany, United States of America
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.
Media
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 10, 2008
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English, German, Greek, Latin
- Countries
- Germany, United States of America
- Production
- The Weinstein Company,Studio Babelsberg,Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg,Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen,FFA,Deutscher Filmförderfonds,ARD,Mirage Enterprises,Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM)
- Cast
- Ralph Fiennes,Kate Winslet,David Kross,Lena Olin,Bruno Ganz,Jeanette Hain,Hannah Herzsprung,Karoline Herfurth,Volker Bruch,Alexandra Maria Laraand 18 more
- Director
- Stephen Daldry
- Writer
- David Hare,Bernhard Schlink
- Producer
- Anthony Minghella,Donna Gigliotti,Redmond Morris,Sydney Pollack,Harvey Weinstein,Bob Weinstein
- Cinematography
- Chris Menges,Roger Deakins
- Music
- Nico Muhly
- Budget
- $32,000,000
- Revenue
- $108,902,486
- IMDb
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