The Reader

The Reader

Academy Award? winner* Kate Winslet (Revolutionary Road) delivers a dynamic performance in this "tale of eroticism, secrecy and guilt" (Claudia Puig, USA Today) set in turbulet post-Nazi Germany. Bringing to life the celebrated international novel, Winslet is riveting as Hanna Schmitz ? a lonely, working-class woman who experiences a brief but intense affair with a teenage boy. Years later they meet again: Hanna now a defendant in a notorious case and her ex-lover, now a law student, holding the secret to her salvation. Directed by three-time Academy Award? nominee** Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot, The Hours) and featuring Ralph Fiennes (The Duchess) as the grown man still reeling from Hanna's influence, The Reader is a "moving, romantic and poignant story" (Roger Friedman, Fox News) about the difficult distance between truth and reconciliation.

**2009 Best Director, The Reader; 2003 Best Director, The Hours; 2000 Best Director, Billy Elliot.

Production Year: 
2008
Released: 
Tue, 04/14/2009
Run Time Minutes: 
124
Rating: 
R
Genres: 
Drama
Genres: 
Romance
Trailer: 
Yes
Format Aspect Ratio: 
1.85-Wide Screen
Resolution: 
480x720 LowRez
Resolution: 
720x1280 HiRez
Audio Language: 
English
Audio Format: 
Dolby Digital
Audio Channels: 
5.1
Actors: 
Ralph Fiennes - Michael Berg
Actors: 
Jeanette Hain - Brigitte
Actors: 
David Kross - Young Michael Berg
Actors: 
Kate Winslet - Hanna Schmitz
Actors: 
Susanne Lothar - Carla Berg
Actors: 
Alissa Wilms - Emily Berg
Actors: 
Florian Bartholom?i - Thomas Berg
Actors: 
Friederike Becht - Angela Berg
Actors: 
Matthias Habich - Peter Berg
Actors: 
Frieder Venus - Doctor
Actors: 
Marie Anne Fliegel - Hanna's Neighbour
Actors: 
Hendrik Arnst - Woodyard Worker
Actors: 
Rainer Sellien - Teacher
Actors: 
Torsten Michaelis - Sports Master
Actors: 
Moritz Grove - Holger
Actors: 
Joachim Tomaschewsky - Stamp Dealer
Actors: 
Barbara Philipp - Waitress
Actors: 
Hans Hohlbein - Clerk
Actors: 
J?rgen Tarrach - Gerhard Bade
Actors: 
Kirsten Block - Female Judge
Actors: 
Vijnessa Ferkic - Sophie
Actors: 
Vanessa Berthold - Sophie's Friend
Actors: 
Benjamin Trinks - Holger's Friend
Actors: 
Fritz Roth - Tram Supervisor
Actors: 
Hannah Herzsprung - Julia
Actors: 
Jaqueline Macaulay - Heidelberg Lecturer
Actors: 
Volker Bruch - Dieter
Actors: 
Bruno Ganz - Professor Rohl
Actors: 
Karoline Herfurth - Marthe
Actors: 
Max Mauff - Rudolf
Actors: 
Ludwig Blochberger - Seminar Group Student
Actors: 
Jonas J?germeyr - Seminar Group Student
Actors: 
Alexander Kasprik - Seminar Group Student
Actors: 
Burghart Klau?ner - Judge
Actors: 
Sylvester Groth - Prosecuting Council
Actors: 
Fabian Busch - Hanna's Defence Council
Actors: 
Margarita Broich - Co-Defendant
Actors: 
Marie Gruber - Co-Defendant
Actors: 
Lena Lessing - Co-Defendant
Actors: 
Merelina Kendall - Co-Defendant
Actors: 
Hildegard Schroedter - Co-Defendant
Actors: 
Lena Olin - Rose Mather
Actors: 
Alexandra Maria Lara - Young Ilana Mather
Actors: 
Martin Brambach - Remand Prison Guard #1
Actors: 
Michael Schenk - Remand Prison Guard #2
Actors: 
Ava Eusepi-Harris - Young Julia
Actors: 
Nadja Engel - Mail Room Guard #1
Actors: 
Anne-Kathrin Gummich - Mail Room Guard #2
Actors: 
Carmen-Maja Antoni - Prison Librarian
Actors: 
Petra Hartung - Head Prison Guard
Actors: 
Linda Bassett - Ms. Brenner
Actors: 
Beata Lehmann - Ms. Brenner's Secretary
Actors: 
Heike Hanold-Lynch - Prison Guard
Actors: 
Bettina Scheuritzel - Gate Guard
Actors: 
Robin Gooch - Ilana's Maid
Actors: 
Lena Olin - Ilana Mather