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Synopsis

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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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

Crew

Art

• Brigitte Broch Production Design
• Karin Betzler Set Decoration
• Eva Stiebler Set Decoration
• Stefan Hauck Art Direction
• Yeşim Zolan Art Direction
• Erwin Prib Art Direction
• Anja Fromm Art Direction
• Christian M. Goldbeck Supervising Art Director
• Anu Schwartz Art Direction

Camera

• Roger Deakins Director of Photography
• Chris Menges Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

• Donna Maloney Costume Design
• Ann Roth Costume Design
• Linda Melazzo Makeup Artist
• Gabriele Kent-Horspool Makeup Artist
• Chris Lyons Special Effects Makeup Artist
• Matthew Smith Prosthetic Designer
• Anna Von Gwinner Makeup Artist
• Maria Torfeld Makeup Artist
• Peter Owen Wig Designer
• Annett Schulze Makeup Artist

Crew

• Linda Gamble Unit Publicist

Directing

• Stephen Daldry Director
• Susanna Lenton Script Supervisor
• Katri Billard Script Supervisor

Editing

• Claire Simpson Editor
• Barbara Jean Kearney Digital Intermediate

Production

• Donna Gigliotti Producer
• Anthony Minghella Producer
• Sydney Pollack Producer
• Redmond Morris Producer
• Simone Bär Casting
• Jina Jay Casting
• Harvey Weinstein Executive Producer
• Henning Molfenter Co-Producer
• Christoph Fisser Co-Producer
• Jason Blum Co-Executive Producer
• Carl Woebcken Co-Producer
• Bob Weinstein Executive Producer

Sound

• Nico Muhly Original Music Composer
• Annette Kudrak Music Editor
• Harry Higgins Sound Re-Recording Mixer
• Marko Costanzo Foley Artist
• George A. Lara Foley Mixer
• Eric Hirsch Sound Recordist
• Michael Fowler ADR Mixer
• Lee Dichter Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Writing

• David Hare Screenplay
• Bernhard Schlink Book

Photos