The Reader (2009)

01/30/2009 2h 4m

Behind the mystery lies a truth that will make you question everything you know.

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Overview

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.

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Cast Ages at Release

Kate Winslet

as Hanna Schmitz

Born 10/05/1975, age

Ralph Fiennes

as Michael Berg

Born 12/22/1962, age

David Kross

as Young Michael Berg

Born 07/04/1990, age

Lena Olin

as Rose Mather

Born 03/22/1955, age

Bruno Ganz

as Professor Rohl

Born 03/22/1941

Died 02/16/2019, age

Hannah Herzsprung

as Julia

Born 09/07/1981, age

Karoline Herfurth

as Marthe

Born 05/22/1984, age

Volker Bruch

as Dieter Spenz

Born 03/09/1980, age

Alexandra Maria Lara

as Young Ilana Mather

Born 11/12/1978, age

Fabian Busch

as Hanna's Defense Council

Born 10/01/1975, age

Susanne Lothar

as Carla Berg

Born 11/15/1960

Died 07/25/2012, age

Matthias Habich

as Peter Berg

Born 01/12/1940, age

Burghart Klaußner

as Judge

Born 09/13/1949, age

Jürgen Tarrach

as Gerhard Bade

Born 12/17/1960, age

Florian Bartholomäi

as Thomas Berg

Born 01/10/1987, age

Kirsten Block

as Female Judge

Born 11/30/1959, age

Marie Gruber

as Co-Defendant

Born 06/11/1955

Died 02/08/2018, age

Martin Brambach

as Remand Prison Guard #1

Born 10/28/1967, age

Linda Bassett

as Ms. Brenner

Born 02/04/1950, age