The Reader [8055] Released: 2008-12-10 Revenue: $108,902,486 Budget: $32,000,000 Profit: $76,902,486 Runtime: 124 mins Popularity: 7.3018 Vote Average: 7.465 Vote Count: 3,202 Overview: 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. Cast [28] Kate WinsletHanna Schmitz Ralph FiennesMichael Berg David KrossYoung Michael Berg Lena OlinRose Mather Bruno GanzProfessor Rohl Jeanette HainBrigitte Hannah HerzsprungJulia Karoline HerfurthMarthe Volker BruchDieter Spenz Alexandra Maria LaraYoung Ilana Mather Fabian BuschHanna's Defense Coun Vijessna FerkicSophie Susanne LotharCarla Berg Matthias HabichPeter Berg Burghart KlaußnerJudge Sylvester GrothProsecuting Council Jürgen TarrachGerhard Bade Florian BartholomäiThomas Berg Moritz GroveHolger Kirsten BlockFemale Judge Margarita BroichCo-Defendant Marie GruberCo-Defendant Martin BrambachRemand Prison Guard Carmen-Maja AntoniPrison Librarian Heike Hanold-LynchPrison Guard Linda BassettMs. Brenner Ludwig BlochbergerStudent Benjamin TrinksHolger's friend Trailers The Reader (2008) official trailer HD