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.
The Reader
Production Year:
2008
Released:
Tue, 04/14/2009
Run Time Minutes:
124
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