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
Ralph Fiennes
Michael Berg
Kate Winslet
Hanna Schmitz
David Kross
Young Michael Berg
Lena Olin
Rose Mather
Bruno Ganz
Professor Rohl
Jeanette Hain
Brigitte
Hannah Herzsprung
Julia
Karoline Herfurth
Marthe
Volker Bruch
Dieter Spenz
Alexandra Maria Lara
Young Ilana Mather
Fabian Busch
Hanna's Defense Council
Vijessna Ferkic
Sophie
Susanne Lothar
Carla Berg
Matthias Habich
Peter Berg
Burghart Klaußner
Judge
Sylvester Groth
Prosecuting Council
Jürgen Tarrach
Gerhard Bade
Florian Bartholomäi
Thomas Berg
Moritz Grove
Holger
Kirsten Block
Female Judge
Margarita Broich
Co-Defendant
Marie Gruber
Co-Defendant
Martin Brambach
Remand Prison Guard #1
Carmen-Maja Antoni
Prison Librarian
Heike Hanold-Lynch
Prison Guard
Linda Bassett
Ms. Brenner
Ludwig Blochberger
Student
Benjamin Trinks
Holger's friend
Crew
Stephen Daldry
Director
David Hare
Screenplay
Bernhard Schlink
Book
Claire Simpson
Editor
Roger Deakins
Director of Photography
Chris Menges
Director of Photography
Harvey Weinstein
Executive Producer
Bob Weinstein
Executive Producer
Jason Blum
Co-Executive Producer
Donna Gigliotti
Producer
Anthony Minghella
Producer
Sydney Pollack
Producer
Redmond Morris
Producer
Henning Molfenter
Co-Producer
Carl Woebcken
Co-Producer
Christoph Fisser
Co-Producer
Brigitte Broch
Production Design
Simone Bär
Casting
Jina Jay
Casting
Donna Maloney
Costume Design
Ann Roth
Costume Design
Linda Melazzo
Makeup Artist
Maria Torfeld
Makeup Artist
Annett Schulze
Makeup Artist
Gabriele Kent-Horspool
Makeup Artist
Anna Von Gwinner
Makeup Artist
Christian M. Goldbeck
Supervising Art Director
Matthew Smith
Prosthetic Designer
Lee Dichter
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Harry Higgins
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Eric Hirsch
Sound Recordist
Marko Costanzo
Foley Artist
George A. Lara
Foley Mixer
Michael Fowler
ADR Mixer
Chris Lyons
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Nico Muhly
Original Music Composer
Annette Kudrak
Music Editor
Eva Stiebler
Set Decoration
Karin Betzler
Set Decoration
Katri Billard
Script Supervisor
Susanna Lenton
Script Supervisor
Barbara Jean Kearney
Digital Intermediate
Peter Owen
Wig Designer
Linda Gamble
Unit Publicist
Erwin Prib
Art Direction
Yeşim Zolan
Art Direction
Stefan Hauck
Art Direction
Anja Fromm
Art Direction
Anu Schwartz
Art Direction
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