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The Reader (2008)

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The Reader

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Synopsis

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

Ralph Fiennes
Ralph Fiennes

Michael Berg

Kate Winslet
Kate Winslet

Hanna Schmitz

David Kross
David Kross

Young Michael Berg

Lena Olin
Lena Olin

Rose Mather

Bruno Ganz
Bruno Ganz

Professor Rohl

Jeanette Hain
Jeanette Hain

Brigitte

Hannah Herzsprung
Hannah Herzsprung

Julia

Karoline Herfurth
Karoline Herfurth

Marthe

Volker Bruch
Volker Bruch

Dieter Spenz

Alexandra Maria Lara
Alexandra Maria Lara

Young Ilana Mather

Fabian Busch
Fabian Busch

Hanna's Defense Council

Vijessna Ferkic
Vijessna Ferkic

Sophie

Susanne Lothar
Susanne Lothar

Carla Berg

Matthias Habich
Matthias Habich

Peter Berg

Burghart Klaußner
Burghart Klaußner

Judge

Sylvester Groth
Sylvester Groth

Prosecuting Council

Jürgen Tarrach
Jürgen Tarrach

Gerhard Bade

Florian Bartholomäi
Florian Bartholomäi

Thomas Berg

Moritz Grove
Moritz Grove

Holger

Kirsten Block
Kirsten Block

Female Judge

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