The Reader

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

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.

Director

Stephen Daldry

Screenplay

David Hare

Producer

Donna Gigliotti

Producer

Anthony Minghella

Producer

Sydney Pollack

Producer

Redmond Morris

Original Music Composer

Nico Muhly

Director of Photography

Roger Deakins