Movie
The Reader
Released: December 10, 2008 (2008)
Runtime: 124 minutes
Genres: Drama, Romance
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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Bruno Ganz as Professor Rohl
Age at release: 67
- Lena Olin as Rose Mather
Age at release: 53
- Ralph Fiennes as Michael Berg
Age at release: 45
- Jeanette Hain as Brigitte
Age at release: 39
- Kate Winslet as Hanna Schmitz
Age at release: 33
- Alexandra Maria Lara as Young Ilana Mather
Age at release: 30
- Volker Bruch as Dieter Spenz
Age at release: 28
- Hannah Herzsprung as Julia
Age at release: 27
- Karoline Herfurth as Marthe
Age at release: 24
- David Kross as Young Michael Berg
Age at release: 18
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- Matthias Habich as Peter Berg
Age at release: 68
- Carmen-Maja Antoni as Prison Librarian
Age at release: 63
- Burghart Klaußner as Judge
Age at release: 59
- Linda Bassett as Ms. Brenner
Age at release: 58
- Marie Gruber as Co-Defendant
Age at release: 53
- Sylvester Groth as Prosecuting Council
Age at release: 50
- Kirsten Block as Female Judge
Age at release: 49
- Susanne Lothar as Carla Berg
Age at release: 48
- Margarita Broich as Co-Defendant
Age at release: 48
- Jürgen Tarrach as Gerhard Bade
Age at release: 47
- Heike Hanold-Lynch as Prison Guard
Age at release: 46
- Martin Brambach as Remand Prison Guard #1
Age at release: 41
- Fabian Busch as Hanna's Defense Council
Age at release: 33
- Moritz Grove as Holger
Age at release: 26
- Ludwig Blochberger as Student
Age at release: 26
- Vijessna Ferkic as Sophie
Age at release: 21
- Florian Bartholomäi as Thomas Berg
Age at release: 21
- Benjamin Trinks as Holger's friend
Age at release: 18