The Reader
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Stephen Daldry
Heike Hanold-lynch
Beata Lehmann
Jonas Jaegermeyr
Susanne Lothar
Volker Bruch
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
When he falls ill on his way home from school, 15 year-old Michael Berg is rescued by Hanna, a woman twice his age. The two begin an unexpected and passionate affair only for Hanna to suddenly and inexplicably disappear. Eight years later, Michael, now a young law student observing Nazi war trials, meets his former lover again, under very different circumstances. Hanna is on trial for a hideous crime, and as she refuses to defend herself, Michael gradually realizes his boyhood love may be guarding a secret she considers to be more shameful than murder.
Director
Stephen Daldry
Cast
Heike Hanold-lynch
Beata Lehmann
Jonas Jaegermeyr
Susanne Lothar
Volker Bruch
Ava Eusepi-harris
Alexandra Maria Lara
Jürgen Tarrach
Lena Olin
Torsten Michaelis
Bettina Scheuritzel
Ralph Fiennes
Merelina Kendall
Sylvester Groth
Marie Fliegel
Fritz Roth
Frieder Venus
Hildegard Schroedter
Burghart Klaussner
Margarita Broich
Vanessa Berthold
Ludwig Blochberger
Kirsten Block
Petra Hartung
Daniel Sorge
Hannah Herzsprung
Bettina Saul
Robin Gooch
Nadja Engel
Anne-kathrin Gummich
David Kross
Hendrik Arnst
Vijnessa Ferkic
Lena Lessing
Karoline Herfurth
Linda Bassett
Benjamin Trinks
Martin Brambach
Alexander Kasprik
Kate Winslet
Bruno Ganz
Marie Gruber
Matthias Habich
Michael Schenk
Moritz Grove
Alissa Wilms
Friederike Becht
Florian Bartholomäi
Jaqueline Macaulay
Rainer Sellien
Joachim Tomaschewsky
Jeanette Hain
Carmen-maja Antoni
Max Mauff
Dagmar Wessel
Hans Hohlbein
Fabian Busch
Barbara Philipp
Crew
Gina R. Alfano
Pablo Alza
Anton Anderson
Kim Armitage
Stefanie Arndt
Antonio L Arroyo
Armin Bach
Daniela Backes
Manfred Banach
Simone Bär
Cassandra Barbour
Chris Barrett
Michael Barry
Martin Bartels
Martina Barthelmes
Carsten Baum
Martina Baumgartner
Leslie Bautsch
Jamie Baxter
Jens Baylis
Ryan Beadle
Alex Bechberger
Steve Beganyi
Susan Belaval
Lee Bennett
Markus Bensch
Christopher Berg
Roman Berger
Walter Berretz
Herve Berthou
Indra Besing
Karin Betzler
Bernd Biemüller
Katri Billard
Dave Blazina
Dana Bloder
Christoph Blum
Jason Blum
Martin Christopher Bode
Alex Boden
Klaus Boechel
Dan Bora
David Boulton
Thomas Bowes
Georg Bozkur
Matthias Braun
Brigitte Broch
Carol Brown Janeway
Cara Buckley
Dorota Budna
Volkhard Buff
John Bunt
Maresa Burmester
Stephan Buttchereidt
Claudia Büttner
Nina Buttner
Ron Buttner
Tilman Buttner
Peter Chiang
Temple Clark
Katja Clos
William Conacher
Marko Costanzo
Paulina Czech
Sam Dabbs
Jana Daedelow
Sahin Dagdelen
Maximilian Dahlhaus
Torsten Dahlke
Lothar Dankert
Andrew J. Day
Michael Simon De Normier
Roger Deakins
Roger Deakins
Pam Demetruis
Lee Dichter
Esther Disteldorf
Sabrina Donati
Dennis Dorney
Mark Dornfeld
Katharina Drescher
Jerome Dupuis
Michael Duwel
Renzo D¿alberto
Lori Eastside
Dan Edelstein
Matthias Edinger
Lisa Eichhorn
Axel Eichhorst
Jan Enderlein
Jan Enderlein
Daniel Erb
Jakub Exner
Nawid Fassili
Kurt Feltz
Michele Ferrone
Michael Feuser
Michael Feuser
Carlos Fidel
Mara Fiedler
Sandi Figueroa
Senfkorn Film
Christoph Fisser
Olga Fitzroy
James Flatto
Philip Fleischer
Dave Flynch
Pauline Fowler
Kaitlyn Fox
Jackson C Frank
Vic Fraser
Dennis Freeman
David Friedewald
Anja Fromm
Jimmy Fusil
Sebastian Gaebel
James Gambino
Adam Gass
Jens Gaube
Camille Geier
Liudmila Gertsen
Brian Gibbs
Heinz Gietz
Donna Gigliotti
Peter Gleaves
Marita Goetz
Ulrike Gojowczyk
Murat Gökcen
Christian Goldbeck
Wolf Marcus Goppner
Melinda Sue Gordon
Chris Görges
Thomas Gottschalk
Alix Graham
Jim Greenhorn
Sarah Grieshammer
Isobel Griffiths
Heather Gross
Julia Gruen
Frank Guhn
Trevor Gureckis
Omid Gutt
Terry Haggar
Sparka Hall
Bruce Hamme
Dirk Hannemann
Marlus C Harding
David Hare
Andy Harris
Stefan Hauck
Dietmar Haupt
Adam Hawkes
Susan Hegarty
Gesche Hein
Christoph Heinecke
Dirk Henkel
Michael Herbell
Karen Hesse
Marian Heymann
Stefan Hiegemann
Harry Higgins
Mathias Hildebrand
Matthias Hildebrandt
Steffi Hiller
Eric Hirsch
Christian Hitzler
Christina Hoenicke
Jonathan Hoffman
David Hoffmann
Jens Hoffmann
Yves Hoffmann
Jan Hogevold
Shaina Holmes
Gregor Hoppe
Lindsay Hoppe
Katja Horstmann
Cara Hunnekes
Heike Hutt
Wolfgang Hutter
Paul Hyman
Michelle Icahn
Michaela Ifkovits
Justin Israel
Sarah Jablonka
Sondra James
Jina Jay
Christopher Jennings
Sven Jenuwein
Bobby Johanson
Lucinda Johnston
Nele Jordan
Alexander Jung
Margit Jutz
Kerstin Kaczmarek
Caroline Kampfer
Oskar Kantor
Tarik Karam
Tarik Karam
Nitant Karnik
Tobias Vincent Kastner
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Wins
Best Actress
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the 2008 award for Best Supporting Actress (Kate Winslet) by the Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA).
Winner of the 2008 award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role (Kate Winslet) by the Screen Actors Guild (SAG).
Winner of the 2008 Orange Award for Best Leading Actress (Kate Winslet) by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).
Released in United States Winter December 10, 2008
Released in United States December 12, 2008
Released in United States on Video April 14, 2009
Released in United States February 2009
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Competition) February 5-15, 2009.
Based on the novel "The Reader" by Bernhard Schlink and published by Pantheon Books in June 1997.
Project was originally in development at Miramax.
Nicole Kidman was previously attached to star but dropped out due to pregnancy.
Mike Nichols was previously attached to produce.
Released in United States Winter December 10, 2008
Released in United States December 12, 2008 (Los Angeles)
Released in United States on Video April 14, 2009
Released in United States February 2009 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Competition) February 5-15, 2009.)
Winner of the 2008 award for Best Actress (Kate Winslet) by the London Critics' Circle.
