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 (3)
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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
![Jürgen Tarrach](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/077/159077945_fb8117.jpg)
Jürgen Tarrach
West Germany
Best movies:
Casino Royale (2006)
The Reader (2008)
Die Kirschenkönigin (2004) (series)
![Kirsten Block](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/169/189/169189119_6a2jna.jpg)
Kirsten Block
East Germany
Best movies:
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
The Reader (2008)
The Book Thief (2013)
![Vijessna Ferkic](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/310/160310828_107d46.jpg)
Vijessna Ferkic
West Germany
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
Phantom Pain (2009)
Victor and the Secret of Crocodile Mansion (2012)
![Vanessa Berthold](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/922/159922420_60fa6e.jpg)
Vanessa Berthold
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
Tarragona - Ein Paradies in Flammen (2007) (TV movie)
![Benjamin Trinks](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/442/159442908_3a67fa.jpg)
Benjamin Trinks
Germany
Best movies:
Generation War (2013) (series)
The Reader (2008)
Tatort (1970) (series)
![Fritz Roth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886335_7ee9b3.jpg)
Fritz Roth
West Germany
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
Mogadishu Welcome (2008) (TV movie)
Happy As One (2006)
![Hannah Herzsprung](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/278/278660_acac5c.jpg)
Hannah Herzsprung
West Germany
Best movies:
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
The Reader (2008)
Who Am I - No System Is Safe (2014)
![Jacqueline Macaulay](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/737/160737576_979077.jpg)
Jacqueline Macaulay
UK
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
Bis nichts mehr bleibt (2010) (TV movie)
Remainder (2015)
![Volker Bruch](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/759/168759701_t10q3m.jpg)
Volker Bruch
West Germany
Best movies:
Generation War (2013) (series)
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
The Reader (2008)
![Karoline Herfurth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/787/168787095_oqtyu1.jpg)
Karoline Herfurth
East Germany
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
Vincent Wants to Sea (2010)
![Max Mauff](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/320/167320507_4aa30d.jpg)
Max Mauff
Germany
Best movies:
The Wave (2008)
The Reader (2008)
Sense8 (2015) (series)
![Ludwig Blochberger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/532/161532045_9ba518.jpg)
Ludwig Blochberger
East Germany
Best movies:
Generation War (2013) (series)
The Lives of Others (2006)
The Reader (2008)
![Jonas Jägermeyr](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/343/160343823_77bb4a.jpg)
Jonas Jägermeyr
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
Before the Fall (2004)
Love in Thoughts (2004)
Alexander Kasprik
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
![Burghart Klaußner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/280/280213_2fd1cc.jpg)
Burghart Klaußner
Germany
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
The White Ribbon (2009)
Bridge of Spies (2015)
![Sylvester Groth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279930_490671.jpg)
Sylvester Groth
East Germany
Best movies:
Generation War (2013) (series)
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
The Reader (2008)
![Fabian Busch](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/333/167333486_2ca34f.jpg)
Fabian Busch
East Germany
Best movies:
Downfall (2004)
The Reader (2008)
23 (1998)
![Margarita Broich](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/245/158245536_e539f3.jpg)
Margarita Broich
West Germany
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
Das Tagebuch der Anne Frank (2016)
Sources of Life (2013)
![Marie Gruber](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/423/160423446_654dea.jpg)
Marie Gruber
West Germany
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
Frantz (2016)
My Words, My Lies - My Love (2009)
![Lena Lessing](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/237/163237605_c8da66.jpg)
Lena Lessing
West Germany
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
Stations of the Cross (2014)
Il papa buono (2003) (TV movie)