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
Kate Winslet
UK
Best movies:
Titanic (1997)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Finding Neverland (2004)
Ralph Fiennes
UK
Best movies:
Schindler's List (1993)
Prime Suspect (1991) (TV movie)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
David Kross
West Germany
Best movies:
Balloon (2018)
The Keeper (2018)
The Reader (2008)
Lena Olin
Sweden
Best movies:
One Life (2023)
Fanny and Alexander (1982)
The Reader (2008)
Bruno Ganz
Switzerland
Best movies:
In the White City (1983)
Wings of Desire (1987)
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
Jeanette Hain
West Germany
Best movies:
Young Woman and the Sea (2024)
The Reader (2008)
Never Look Away (2018)
Susanne Lothar
West Germany
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
The White Ribbon (2009)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Alissa Wilms
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
Amour Fou (2014)
Bibi & Tina: Girls Versus Boys (2016)
Florian Bartholomäi
West Germany
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
Never Look Away (2018)
Duell der Brüder - Die Geschichte von Adidas und Puma (2016) (TV movie)
Friederike Becht
West Germany
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
The Same Sky (2017) (series)
Labyrinth of Lies (2014)
Matthias Habich
German Empire
Best movies:
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
Downfall (2004)
Beyond Silence (1996)
Frieder Venus
East Germany
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
Allmen (2017) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Marie-Anne Fliegel
German Empire
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
Die Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie (2007) (TV movie)
This Is Love (2009)
Hendrik Arnst
East Germany
Best movies:
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
The Reader (2008)
The Captain (2017)
Rainer Sellien
West Germany
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
Sense8 (2015) (series)
Lollipop Monster (2011)
Torsten Michaelis
East Germany
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
The Same Sky (2017) (series)
Frantz (2016)
Moritz Grove
West Germany
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
Dark Woods (2020) (series)
Vaterfreuden (2014)
Joachim Tomaschewsky
German Empire
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
Die Wildente (1976)
Naked Among Wolves (1963)
Barbara Philipp
West Germany
Best movies:
Home from Home - Chronicle of a Vision (2013)
The Reader (2008)
System Crasher (2019)
Hans Hohlbein
Germany
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
Three (2010)
Frei (2013) (TV movie)