The Reader (2008)

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R | 2 hr 2 mins | Drama, Romance, Adaptation | Released: 12/10/2008 |Box Office Total: $34.1M

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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.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
12/10/2008

Studio	Credit
The Weinstein Company	Studio
Director	Credit
Stephen Daldry	Director
Cast	Credit
Kate Winslet	Hanna Schmitz
Ralph Fiennes	Michael Berg
Karoline Herfurth	Marthe
Hannah Herzsprung	Julia
David Kross	Young Michael Berg
Lena Olin	Rose Mather/Ilana Mather
Bruno Ganz	Professor Rohl
Jeanette Hain	Brigitte
Susanne Lothar	Carla Berg
Alissa Wilms	Emily Berg
Florian Bartholomai	Thomas Berg
Friederike Becht	Angela Berg
Matthias Habich	Peter Berg
Frieder Venus	Doctor
Marie Anne Fliegel	Hanna’s Neighbour
Hendrik Arnst	Woodyard Worker
Rainer Sellien	Teacher
Torsten Michaelis	Sports Master
Moritz Grove	Holger
Joachim Tomaschewsky	Stamp Dealer
Barbara Philipp	Waitress
Hans Hohlbein	Clerk
Jürgen Tarrach	Gerhard Bade
Kirsten Block	Female Judge
Vijnessa Ferkic	Sophie
Vanessa Berthold	Sophie’s Friend
Benjamin Trinks	Holger’s Friend
Fritz Roth	Tram Supervisor
Jaqueline Macaulay	Heidelberg Lecturer
Volker Bruch	Dieter
Max Mauff	Rudolf
Ludwig Blochberger	Seminar Group Student
Jonas Jaegermeyr	Seminar Group Student
Burghart Klaussner	Judge
Sylvester Groth	Prosecuting Council
Alexander Kasprik	Seminar Group Student
Fabian Busch	Hanna’s Defense Council
Margarita Broich	Co-Defendant
Marie Gruber	Co-Defendant
Lena Lessing	Co-Defendant
Merelina Kendall	Co-Defendant
Hildegard Schroedter	Co-Defendant
Alexandra Maria Lara	Young Ilana Mather
Martin Brambach	Remand Prison Guard #1
Michael Schenk	Remand Prison Guard #2
Ava Eusepi-Harris	Young Julia
Nadja Engel	Mail Room Guard #1
Anne-Kathrin Gummich	Mail Room Guard #2
Carmen-Maja Antoni	Prison Librarian
Petra Hartung	Head Prison Guard
Linda Bassett	Ms Brenner
Beata Lehmann	Ms Brenner’s Secretary
Heike Hanold-Lynch	Prison Guard
Bettina Scheuritzel	Gate Guard
Robin Lyn Gooch	Ilana’s Maid
Production Credits	Credit
Jason Blum	Co-Executive Producer
Anthony Minghella	Producer
Bob Weinstein	Executive Producer
Henning Molfenter	Co-Producer
Michael Simon de Normier	Associate Producer
Tarik Karam	Associate Producer
Christoph Fisser	Co-Producer
Harvey Weinstein	Executive Producer
Sydney Pollack	Producer
Redmond Morris	Producer
Nora Skinner	Associate Producer
Carl Woebcken	Co-Producer
Marieke Spencer	Associate Producer
Donna Gigliotti	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Mirage Enterprises	Production Company
Neunte Babelsberg Film GmbH	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
The Weinstein Company	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
The Weinstein Company	Domestic Video Distributor
Senator Filmverleih	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Ascot Elite Entertainment Group	Foreign Distribution Rights
Entertainment Film Distributors, Ltd.	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Benelux Film Distribution (BFD)	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Odeon S.A.	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
TFM Distribution	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Palace Pictures	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Roadshow Film Distributors	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Imagem Filmes Distribuidora LTDA	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Sena	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Italia Films	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Cable	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Pachamama Cine	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Sunny Films Entertainment	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Sandrew Metronome Distribution Finland Oy	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Showgate, Inc.	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Berlin, Germany
Writer	Credit
Bernhard Schlink	Source Material
David Hare	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Avi Levy	Finance Manager - Production Controller
Steffi Hiller	Production Accountant
Paul Meyer-Gerlt	Accountant - Payroll Accountant
Maggie Murray	Assistant Accountant
Dee Schuka	Post-Production Accountant
Trevanna Post	Post-Production Accountant
Marlus C Harding	Accountant (New York)
Brian Gibbs	Production Accountant
Grit Schluchtermann	Assistant Accountant
Tilmann Vierzig	Assistant Accountant
Jason Potter	Production Accountant
Wolfgang Schwedler	Accountant
Nina Buttner	Assistant Accountant
Andrea Schumacher	Assistant Accountant
Margit Jutz	Assistant Accountant
Art Department	Credit
Eva Maria Stiebler	Set Decorator
Christian M Goldbeck	Art Director
Brigitte Broch	Production Designer
Henry Seifert	Art Department - Draftsman
Gabriele Ross	Art Department Coordinator
Bettina Saul	Lead Person
Matthias Prange	Swing Gang - Set Dressing Swing Gang
Christoph Heinecke	Set Dresser
Axel Eichhorst	Concept Artist - Conceptual Artist
Temple Clark	Storyboard Artist
Thorston Sabel	Assistant Art Director
Waleska Defne Theis	Assistant Set Decorator
Dominik Reindl	Painter - Stand-by Painter
Susan Belaval	Art Department Coordinator
Benjamin Kniebe	Storyboard Artist
Edgar Konkoll	Swing Gang - Set Dressing Swing Gang
Max Schmigalla	Set Dresser
Karin Betzler	Set Decorator
Gesche Hein	Assistant Set Decorator
Esther Disteldorf	Art Department - Draftsman
Ivan Lacaze	Painter - Stand-by Painter
Daniel Ben Sorge	Lead Person
Erwin W Prib	Art Director
Marcus Goppner	Assistant Art Director
Kirsten Lieboldt-Longolius	Assistant Set Decorator
Sarah Jablonka	Art Department - Art Department Assistant
Martin Knauer	Set Dresser
Stefan Hauck	Art Director
Alexis Miszak	Swing Gang - Set Dressing Swing Gang
Dagmar Wessel	Lead Person
Torsten Dahlke	Painter - Stand-by Painter
Wolfgang Wrede	Painter - Paint Supervisor
Jens Gaube	Swing Gang - Set Dressing Swing Gang
Yesim Zolan	Art Director
Anne Zentgraf	Set Dresser
Martina Baumgartner	Art Department - Art Department Assistant
Stefanie Arndt	Art Department - Art Department Assistant
Nele Jordan	Set Dresser
Anja Fromm	Art Director - Art Director Cologne
Pablo Alza	Painter - Paint Supervisor
Achim Reimann	Swing Gang - Set Dressing Swing Gang
Anu Schwartz	Art Director (New York)
Omid Gutt	Set Dresser
Henrietta Thomas	Art Department - Art Department Trainee
Stephan Buttchereidt	Painter - Paint Supervisor
Heike Steen	Set Dresser
Michael Duwel	Art Department
Christian Wollberg	Set Dresser
Giovanni Scribano	Set Dresser
Ron Buttner	Set Dresser
Doro Polstroff	Set Dresser
Maresa Burmester	Set Dresser
Casting	Credit
Simone Bär	Casting
Tanja Schwichtenberg	Extras Casting
Lori Eastside	Extras Casting - Casting Principals and Extras (New York)
Jina Jay	Casting
Alexandra Montag	Casting (Germany)
Lucinda Johnston	Casting (UK)
Craft Services	Credit
Henrique Santos	Craft Service (New York)
Film Camera	Credit
Steve Beganyi	High Definition Systems Engineer - HD Preview Artist
Alexander Sachariew	Camera Assistant - 1st Camera Assistant
Andy Harris	Assistant Camera
Terry Haggar	Color Timer
Tim Stipan	Colorist - DI Colorist
Dana Bloder	Film Lab - DI Producer
Martin Bartels	Videotape Operator - Video Operator
Karl Keil	Loader - Film Loader
Kaja Styczynska	Camera Trainee
Tilmann Büttner	Steadicam Operator
Melinda Sue Gordon	Photography - Still Photographer
Thomas Gottschalk	Camera - Camera Crew
Chris Berg	Dailies - Digital Dailies Manager
Roger Deakins	Director of Photography
Roger Deakins	Camera Operator
Andreas Lautil	Colorist - Digital Dailies Colorist
Jimmy Fusil	Film Lab - DI Producer
Daniel Erb	Camera - Camera Crew
Chris Menges	Director of Photography
Chris Menges	Camera Operator
Clemens Schmid	Dailies - Digital Dailies Manager
Kaitlyn Fox	High Definition Systems Engineer - HD Preview Assistant
Jordana Maurer	Videotape Operator - Video Operator
Won-Suk Park	Assistant Camera
Ahmet Tan	Camera - Camera Crew
Bobby Mancuso	Assistant Camera (New York)
Jonathan Hoffman	High Definition Systems Engineer - HD Preview Producer
Michael P Whipple	Film Lab - DI Engineer
Lee Bennett	Colorist - Digital Dailies Colorist
Luke Menges	Camera Operator
Robert Slomke	Videotape Operator - Video Operator
Anne Lindemann	Camera Operator - Video Operator
Barbara Jean Kearney	Film Lab - Executive Producer DI
Brian Reali	High Definition Systems Engineer - HD Preview Producer
Josh Moore	Film Lab - Lab Coordinator
Sandra Ritschel	Camera Operator (Germany)
Christian Littmann	Film Lab - Lab Line Producer
Film Sales Financing	Credit
FFA Filmfoerderungsanstalt	Film Financier
German Federal Film Fund	Film Financier
Legal	Credit
Andreas Pense	Legal Counsel
Gerhard Werle	Legal Services - Legal Expert
unverzagt von have	Legal Counsel
Music	Credit
Caterina Valente	Song Performer
Simon Rhodes	Music Recording Facilities - Music Recorder and Mixer
Jim Keller	Music Publisher
Annette Kudrak	Music Editor
Nico Muhly	Orchestrations - Score Orchestrator and Conductor
Nico Muhly	Music
Olga Fitzroy	Music Engineer
Heinz Gietz	Song
Kurt Feltz	Song
Vic Fraser	Music - Music Preparation
Isobel Griffiths	Orchestrations - Orchestra Contractor
Creation	Song Performer
Chris Barrett	Music Engineer
Zoe Knight	Music Publisher
Michael Feuser	Music Editor
Charlotte Matthews	Orchestrations - Orchestra Contractor
Dan Bora	Music - Score Pre-Production
James Flatto	Music Editor
Philharmonischer Kinderchor Dresden	Song Performer
Edwin Phillips	Song
Ryan Kelly	Music Engineer
Kenneth Pickett	Song
Thomas Bowes	Orchestrations - Orchestra Leader
Christopher Jennings	Music Engineer
David Theodore	Music - Oboe
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina	Song
Jackson C Frank	Song
Physical Effects	Credit
Volkhard Buff	Stunt Coordinator
Production Management	Credit
Lauren Montuori	Production Manager
Matthias Braun	Location Manager
Jan Enderlein	Unit Manager
Michaela Ifkovits	Assistant Location Manager
Heidrun Schlossmacher	Assistant Production Coordinator
Susanna Lenton	Script Supervisor
Arno Neubauer	Line Producer
Richard Styles	Assistant Director
Volker Zobelt	Location Coordinator
Michael Herbell	Stage Manager - Set Manager
Emanuel Hipp	Location Assistant
Regine Otto	Production Coordinator
Leslie Bautsch	Post-Production Coordinator
Jennifer Lane	Post-Production Supervisor
Kim Armitage	Script Supervisor
Carlos Fidel	Assistant Director
Caren Wiederhold	Production Coordinator
Jana Daedelow	Assistant Production Coordinator
Bastian Rabe	Assistant Location Manager
Andjelija Simaifar	Location Manager
Sven Jenuwein	Stage Manager - Set Manager
Sabine Schenck	Line Producer (New York)
Aaron Levine	Production Manager (New York)
Rene Wuttke	Location Coordinator
Benjamin Weidner	Location Assistant
Katri Billard	Script Supervisor (New York)
Paulina Czech	Production Manager
Hughroy Williams	Location Manager (New York)
Tonja Schurmann	Assistant Director
Marianna Rowinska	Line Producer
Artur Niemczuk	Location Assistant
Carola Richter	Assistant Production Coordinator
Barbara Rothe	Assistant Production Coordinator
Markus Bensch	Location Assistant - Locations
Jakub Woroszylski	Location Manager
Jasmina Torbati	Production Manager
Miguel Angelo Pate	Assistant Director
Josh Newport	Assistant Director (New York)
Jakub Exner	Location Manager
Liudmila Gertsen	Assistant Production Coordinator
David Blazina	Assistant Director (New York)
Publicity	Credit
Alexandra Korne	Publicity
Linda Gamble	Unit Publicist
Sound	Credit
Antonio Arroyo	Sound Mixer (New York)
Manfred Banach	Sound Recordist
Dave Flynch	Foley - Foley Supervisor
Blake Leyh	Supervising Sound Editor
Blake Leyh	Sound Designer
Dan Edelstein	ADR Editor
Walter Berretz	ADR Mixer
Mark Costanzo	Foley Artist
Michael Barry	Rerecording Mixer
Igor Nikolic	Assistant Sound Editor
Eliza Paley	ADR/Dialogue Editor - Dialogue Editor
Avi Laniado	Sound Engineer - Sound Mix Engineer
George A. Lara	Foley Mixer
George A. Lara	Foley Recordist
Sondra James	ADR Voice Casting
Eric Hirsch	Sound Re-recordist
Heather Gross	Sound Effects Editor
Benjamin Kruger	Boom Operator
Harry Higgins	Sound Re-recordist
Jac Rubenstein	ADR/Dialogue Editor - Dialogue Editor
Pam DeMetruis	ADR Editor
Lee Dichter	Rerecording Mixer
Jim Greenhorn	Sound Recordist
Tobias Kunze	ADR Voice Casting
Paul Yurt	Sound Engineer - Sound Mix Engineer
Bernd Biemüller	ADR Mixer
Gina R Alfano	ADR Editor
David Boulton	ADR Mixer
Sylvia Menno	ADR/Dialogue Editor - Dialogue Editor
Andy Kris	Rerecording Mixer
Michael Feuser	ADR Editor
Sahin Dagdelen	ADR Mixer
Renzo D’alberto	ADR Mixer
Peter Gleaves	ADR Mixer
Bobby Johanson	ADR Mixer
Ashley Low	ADR Mixer
Dominik Oppon	ADR Mixer
Andreas Rudroff	ADR Mixer
Andy Thompson	ADR Mixer
Visual Effects	Credit
Hector Mejia	Software Engineer - IT Engineer
Adam Hawkes	Digital Effects Artist - Digital Compositor
Laura Lunt	Visual Effects - Visual Effects Production Coordinator
Adolf Wojtinek	Special Effects Coordinator
Adam Gass	Visual Effects Editor - Digital Editorial
Jan Hogevold	Visual Effects Producer
Ivan Pribicevic	2-D Artist - 2D Matte Painter
Peter Chiang	Visual Effects Supervisor
Katja Clos	Graphic Designer
Dennis Dorney	Visual Effects Editor - Digital Editorial
Camille Geier	Visual Effects Producer - Executive Producer
Dan Victoire	Digital Effects Artist - Digital Compositor
Ryan Beadle	Software Engineer - IO
Brian Krijgsman	Visual Effects Supervisor
Nitant Karnik	Digital Effects Artist - Compositor
Cara Buckley	Visual Effects Producer - Producer
Bob Schneider	Visual Effects Editor - DI Conform Editor
Jim Rider	Visual Effects Supervisor
Eric Leverenz	Software Engineer - DI Technical Assistant
Mark Dornfeld	Visual Effects Supervisor
Michele Ferrone	Visual Effects Producer
David W Reynolds	Digital Effects Artist - Flame Compositor
Anton Anderson	Digital Effects Artist - Flame Assistant
Paulina Kuszta	Visual Effects Supervisor - Visual Effects Coordinator
Shaina Holmes	Digital Effects Artist - Digital Artist/Supervisor
Jamie Baxter	Digital Effects Artist - Digital Compositor
John Bunt	Digital Effects Artist - Digital Compositor
Sam Dabbs	Digital Effects Artist - Digital Compositor
James Gambino	Digital Effects Artist - Digital Compositor
Sarah Grieshammer	Digital Effects Artist - Digital Compositor
Lindsay Hoppe	Digital Effects Artist - Digital Compositor
Justin Israel	Digital Effects Artist - Digital Compositor
Masha Nova	Digital Effects Artist - Digital Compositor
Jesse Morrow	Digital Effects Artist - Smoke Artist
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Andre Schopf-Markov	Set Costumer
Ivana Primorac	Makeup - Makeup and Hair Designer
Donna Maloney	Costume Designer
Michelle Matland	Assistant Costume Designer - Assistant to Costume Designer
Peter Owen	Wig Maker - Wig Designer
Heike Hutt	Costume Supervisor
Anna Von Gwinner	Makeup Artist
Sandi Figueroa	Costumer
Pauline Fowler	Prosthetic Makeup - Chief Prosthetic Supervisor
Karen Hesse	Tailor
Claudia Torsiello	Costumes - Costume Assistant
Dorota Budna	Costumes - Costume Assistant
Bettina Seifert	Costumer
Daniela Backes	Set Costumer
Ann Roth	Costume Designer
Anna Isabell Logen	Costume Supervisor
Annett Schulze	Makeup Artist
Sparka Hall	Assistant Costume Designer - Assistant to Costume Designer
Matthew Weston Smith	Prosthetic Makeup - Prosthetic Makeup Designer
Daniel Meaker	Prosthetic Makeup - HOD Silicone Technician
Gabriele Kent-Hoorspool	Makeup Artist
Ellen-Maria Muggelberg	Costumer - Seamstress/Costumer
Caroline Osuch	Set Costumer
Katharina Drescher	Costumes - Costume Production Assistant
Oskar Kantor	Costumes - Costume Production Assistant
Christophe Lineré	Set Costumer
Linda Melazzo	Makeup Artist
Iris Lemos	Costumer (New York)
Lisa Eichhorn	Costumes - Costume Production Assistant

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