The Reader

Behind the mystery lies a truth that will make you question everything you know.

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The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with an older woman, Hanna, who then disappeared only to resurface years later as one of the defendants in a war crimes trial stemming from her actions as a concentration camp guard late in the war. He alone realizes that Hanna is illiterate and may be concealing that fact at the expense of her freedom.

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Creators

Stephen Daldry

director

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David Hare

writer

Bernhard Schlink

writer

Cast

Ralph Fiennes actor Kate Winslet actor David Kross actor Lena Olin actor Bruno Ganz actor Jeanette Hain actor Hannah Herzsprung actor Karoline Herfurth actor Volker Bruch actor Alexandra Maria Lara actor Fabian Busch actor Vijessna Ferkic actor

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Susanne Lothar actor Matthias Habich actor Burghart Klaußner actor Sylvester Groth actor

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Jürgen Tarrach actor Florian Bartholomäi actor

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Moritz Grove actor

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Kirsten Block actor