The Reader (2008)
The Reader (2008)
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Cast & Crew.
![Kate Winslet](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/7825-kate-winslet.webp)
Kate Winslet
Hanna Schmitz
![Ralph Fiennes](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/885-ralph-fiennes.webp)
Ralph Fiennes
Michael Berg
![David Kross](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/23561-david-kross.webp)
David Kross
Young Michael Berg
![Lena Olin](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/21619-lena-olin.webp)
Lena Olin
Rose Mather
![Bruno Ganz](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/39065-bruno-ganz.webp)
Bruno Ganz
Professor Rohl
![Jeanette Hain](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/21326-jeanette-hain.webp)
Jeanette Hain
Brigitte
![Hannah Herzsprung](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/37672-hannah-herzsprung.webp)
Hannah Herzsprung
Julia
![Alissa Wilms](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Alissa Wilms
Emily Berg
![Karoline Herfurth](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/9763-karoline-herfurth.webp)
Karoline Herfurth
Marthe
![Volker Bruch](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/9766-volker-bruch.webp)
Volker Bruch
Dieter Spenz
![Friederike Becht](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/53885-friederike-becht.webp)
Friederike Becht
Angela Berg
![Alexandra Maria Lara](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/21167-alexandra-maria-lara.webp)
Alexandra Maria Lara
Young Ilana Mather
![Fabian Busch](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/23693-fabian-busch.webp)
Fabian Busch
Hanna's Defense Council
![Vijessna Ferkic](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/47300-vijessna-ferkic.webp)
Vijessna Ferkic
Sophie
![Susanne Lothar](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/21612-susanne-lothar.webp)
Susanne Lothar
Carla Berg
![Matthias Habich](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/39368-matthias-habich.webp)
Matthias Habich
Peter Berg
![Burghart Klaußner](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/31088-burghart-klaussner.webp)
Burghart Klaußner
Judge
![Sylvester Groth](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/29837-sylvester-groth.webp)
Sylvester Groth
Prosecuting Council
![Jürgen Tarrach](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/6473-jurgen-tarrach.webp)
Jürgen Tarrach
Gerhard Bade
![Florian Bartholomäi](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/10445-florian-bartholomai.webp)
Florian Bartholomäi
Thomas Berg
![Moritz Grove](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/47301-moritz-grove.webp)
Moritz Grove
Holger
![Kirsten Block](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/41362-kirsten-block.webp)
Kirsten Block
Female Judge
![Margarita Broich](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/9778-margarita-broich.webp)
Margarita Broich
Co-Defendant
![Marie Gruber](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/37700-marie-gruber.webp)
Marie Gruber
Co-Defendant
![Martin Brambach](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/21165-martin-brambach.webp)
Martin Brambach
Remand Prison Guard #1
![Carmen-Maja Antoni](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/47302-carmen-maja-antoni.webp)
Carmen-Maja Antoni
Prison Librarian
![Heike Hanold-Lynch](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/30853-heike-hanold-lynch.webp)
Heike Hanold-Lynch
Prison Guard
![Linda Bassett](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/47303-linda-bassett.webp)
Linda Bassett
Ms. Brenner
![Ludwig Blochberger](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/35602-ludwig-blochberger.webp)
Ludwig Blochberger
Student
![Benjamin Trinks](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/268412-benjamin-trinks.webp)
Benjamin Trinks
Holger's friend
![Roger Deakins](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/87610-roger-deakins.webp)
Roger Deakins
Director of Photography
![Donna Gigliotti](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Donna Gigliotti
Producer
![Brigitte Broch](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/1140260-brigitte-broch.webp)
Brigitte Broch
Production Design
![Anthony Minghella](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/29237-anthony-minghella.webp)
Anthony Minghella
Producer
![Simone Bär](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/594209-simone-bar.webp)
Simone Bär
Casting
![Eva Stiebler](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Eva Stiebler
Set Decoration
![Sydney Pollack](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/31012-sydney-pollack.webp)
Sydney Pollack
Producer
![Claire Simpson](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/172888-claire-simpson.webp)
Claire Simpson
Editor
![Donna Maloney](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Donna Maloney
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![Redmond Morris](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Redmond Morris
Producer
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Ann Roth
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Jina Jay
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Erwin Prib
Art Direction
![Nico Muhly](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/638156-nico-muhly.webp)
Nico Muhly
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David Hare
Screenplay
![Yeşim Zolan](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Yeşim Zolan
Art Direction
![Stephen Daldry](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/36187-stephen-daldry.webp)
Stephen Daldry
Director
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Chris Menges
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Stefan Hauck
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Karin Betzler
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Katri Billard
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Susanna Lenton
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Anja Fromm
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Linda Melazzo
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Christian M. Goldbeck
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Harvey Weinstein
Executive Producer
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Peter Owen
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Maria Torfeld
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Jason Blum
Co-Executive Producer
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Matthew Smith
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George A. Lara
Foley Mixer
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Chris Lyons
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Henning Molfenter
Co-Producer
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Annett Schulze
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Michael Fowler
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Anu Schwartz
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Carl Woebcken
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Eric Hirsch
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Christoph Fisser
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Gabriele Kent-Horspool
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Anna Von Gwinner
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Bernhard Schlink
Book
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Bob Weinstein
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Details.
Release DateDecember 10, 2008
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 4m
Content RatingR
Budget$32,000,000
Box Office$108,902,486
Filming LocationsBerlin · Cologne, Germany
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
The Reader is a 2008 romantic drama film directed by Stephen Daldry, written by David Hare on the basis of the 1995 novel by Bernhard Schlink, and starring Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, David Kross, Bruno Ganz and Karoline Herfurth.
The film tells the story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a 15-year-old in 1958, has a sexual relationship with an older woman, Hanna Schmitz. She disappears only to resurface years later as one of the defendants in a war crimes trial stemming from her actions as a guard at a Nazi concentration camp. Michael realizes that Hanna is keeping a personal secret she believes is worse than her Nazi past – a secret which, if revealed, could help her at the trial. Some historians criticised the film for making Schmitz an object of the audience's sympathy and accused the filmmakers of Holocaust revisionism.
The Reader was the last film for producers Anthony Minghella and Sydney Pollack, both of whom died prior to its release. Production began in Germany in September 2007, and the film opened in limited release on December 10, 2008. It received mixed to favorable reviews from critics, with praise for Winslet and Kross's performances, but criticism for its direction and screenplay.
For her performance, Winslet won the Academy Award for Best Actress, the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role.
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