the reader
studios: [The Weinstein Company] [Mirage Enterprises] [Neunte Babelsberg Film GmbH] [The Weinstein Company Home Entertainment] [genius products, llc.]
year: 2008
updated: 2014 Jan 02
dvd release: 2009 Apr
rating: 4
id's: [imdb]
synopsis
Academy Award winner Kate Winslet (Revolutionary Road) delivers a dynamic performance in this "tale of eroticism, secrecy and guilt" (Claudia Puig, USA Today) set in turbulent post-Nazi Germany. Bringing to life the celebrated international novel, Winslet is riveting as Hanna Schmitz - a lonely, working-class woman who experiences a brief but intense affair with a teenage boy. Years later they meet again: Hanna now a defendant in a notorious case and her ex-lover, now a law student, holding the secret to her salvation. Directed by three-time Academy Award nominee Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot, The Hours) and featuring Ralph Fiennes (The Duchess) as the grown man still reeling from Hanna's influence, The Reader is a "moving, romantic and poignant story" (Roger Friendman, Fox News) about the difficult distance between truth and reconciliation.
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Ralph Fiennes | Michael Berg |
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Jeanette Hain | Brigitte |
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David Kross | Young Michael Berg |
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Kate Winslet | Hanna Schmitz |
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Susanne Lothar | Carla Berg |
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Alissa Wilms | Emily Berg |
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Florian Bartholomäi | Thomas Berg |
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Friederike Becht | Angela Berg |
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Matthias Habich | Peter Berg |
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Frieder Venus | Doctor |
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Marie-Anne Fliegel | Hanna's Neighbor |
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Hendrik Arnst | Woodyard Worker |
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Rainer Sellien | Teacher |
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Torsten Michaelis | Sports Master |
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Moritz Grove | Holger |
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Joachim Tomaschewsky | Stamp Dealer |
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Barbara Philipp | Waitress |
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Hans Hohlbein | Clerk |
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Jürgen Tarrach | Gerhard Bade |
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Kirsten Block | Female Judge |
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Vijessna Ferkic | Sophie |
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Vanessa Berthold | Sophie's Friend |
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Benjamin Trinks | Holger's Friend |
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Fritz Roth | Tram Supervisor |
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Hannah Herzsprung | Julia |
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Jacqueline Macaulay | Heidelberg Lecturer |
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Volker Bruch | Dieter Spenz |
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Bruno Ganz | Professor Rohl |
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Karoline Herfurth | Marthe |
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Max Mauff | Rudolf |
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Ludwig Blochberger | Seminar Group Student #1 |
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Jonas Jägermeyr | Seminar Group Student #2 |
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Alexander Kasprik | Seminar Group Student #3 |
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Burghart Klaußner | Judge |
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Sylvester Groth | Prosecuting Council |
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Fabian Busch | Hanna's Defense Council |
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Margarita Broich | Co-Defendant #1 |
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Marie Gruber | Co-Defendant #2 |
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Lena Lessing | Co-Defendant #3 |
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Merelina Kendall | Co-Defendant #4 |
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Hildegard Schroedter | Co-Defendant #5 |
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Lena Olin | Rose Mather / Ilana Mather |
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Alexandra Maria Lara | Young Ilana Mather |
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Martin Brambach | Remand Prison Guard #1 |
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Michael Schenk | Remand Prison Guard #2 |
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Ava Eusepi-Harris | Young Julia |
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Nadja Engel | Mail Room Guard #1 |
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Anne-Kathrin Gummich | Mail Room Guard #2 |
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Carmen-Maja Antoni | Prison Librarian |
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Petra Hartung | Head Prison Guard |
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Linda Bassett | Ms. Brenner |
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Beata Lehmann | Ms. Brenner's Secretary |
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Heike Hanold | Prison Guard (as Heike Hanold-Lynch) |
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Bettina Scheuritzel | Gate Guard |
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Robin Gooch | Ilana's Maid (as Robin Lyn Gooch) |
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Alexandru Herca | Reporter (uncredited) |
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Rich Odell | Cab driver (uncredited) |
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Sam Luca Scollin | (uncredited) |
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Stephen Daldry | Director |
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David Hare | Writer |
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Bernhard Schlink | Writer |