Directed by:
Stephen DaldryScreenplay:
David HareComposer:
Nico MuhlyCast:
Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, David Kross, Lena Olin, Bruno Ganz, Jeanette Hain, Susanne Lothar, Alissa Wilms, Florian Bartholomäi, Friederike Becht (more)VOD (2)
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The Reader, set in post-WWII Germany, follows teenager Michael Berg as he engages in a passionate but secretive affair with an older woman named Hanna. Eight years after Hanna s disappearance, Michael is stunned to discover her again as she stands on trial for Nazi war crimes. The Reader is a haunting story about truth and reconciliation and how one generation comes to terms with the crimes of another. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Merelina Kendall](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/318/159318066_a762e8.jpg)
Merelina Kendall
Best movies:
Billy Elliot (2000)
Jane Eyre (1983) (series)
The Sign of Four (1983) (TV movie)
![Hildegard Schroedter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/299/160299393_7c4848.jpg)
Hildegard Schroedter
West Germany
Best movies:
Generation War (2013) (series)
The Lives of Others (2006)
The Reader (2008)
![Alexandra Maria Lara](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/759/168759214_br01l2.jpg)
Alexandra Maria Lara
Romania
Best movies:
Rush (2013)
Control (2007)
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
![Martin Brambach](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/761/168761275_84fug5.jpg)
Martin Brambach
East Germany
Best movies:
The Lives of Others (2006)
Comedian Harmonists (1997)
The Reader (2008)
![Michael Schenk](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/401/160401381_5db933.jpg)
Michael Schenk
West Germany
Best movies:
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
The Reader (2008)
![Nadja Engel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/423/160423217_0db929.jpg)
Nadja Engel
East Germany
Best movies:
Balloon (2018)
The Reader (2008)
Faraway, So Close! (1993)
![Anne-Kathrin Gummich](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/680/159680857_d028b9.jpg)
Anne-Kathrin Gummich
East Germany
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
The White Ribbon (2009)
The Teachers' Lounge (2023)
![Carmen-Maja Antoni](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/325/159325048_a308f4.jpg)
Carmen-Maja Antoni
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
Life Is All You Get (1997)
The Silent Revolution (2018)
Petra Hartung
Best movies:
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
The Reader (2008)
Ku'damm 63 (2021) (series)
![Linda Bassett](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/363/162363105_aff123.jpg)
Linda Bassett
UK
Best movies:
The Hours (2002)
The Reader (2008)
Our Mutual Friend (1998) (series)
![Beata Lehmann](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/844/160844920_0ab253.jpg)
Beata Lehmann
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
The Book Thief (2013)
The House of Magic (2013)
![Heike Hanold-Lynch](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/476/161476991_68b34e.jpg)
Heike Hanold-Lynch
Germany
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Cloud Atlas (2012)
Bettina Scheuritzel
West Germany
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
8½ Women (1999)
Robin Gooch
USA
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
Wie Feuer und Flamme (2001)
Æon Flux (2005)
![Daniele Rizzo](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/506/160506502_2dc7fd.jpg)
Daniele Rizzo
West Germany
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
Cloud Atlas (2012)
Bella Germania (2019) (series)
Sam Luca Scollin
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
Stephan Ziller
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
Time You Change (2010)
My Words, My Lies - My Love (2009)