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The Reader

2008
United States / Germany
feature film - Drama
124 min. (3398 m.)
Location shooting / Berlin story line

Cast

Actor/-ess: Kate Winslet (Hanna Schmitz); Ralph Fiennes (Michael Berg); David Kross (young Michael Berg); Lena Olin (Ilana Mather); Bruno Ganz (Prof. Rohl); Jeanette Hain (Brigitte); Susanne Lothar (Carla Berg); Matthias Habich (Peter Berg); Alissa Wilms (Emily Berg); Jürgen Tarrach (Gerhard Bade); Hannah Herzsprung (Julia); Karoline Herfurth (Marthe); Burghart Klaußner (judge); Sylvester Groth (prosecuting attorney); Alexandra Maria Lara (young Ilana Mather); Florian Bartholomäi (Thomas Berg); Kirsten Block (female judge); Hans Hohlbein (employee); Barbara Philipp (waitress); Joachim Tomaschewsky (stamp seller); Moritz Grove (Holger); Torsten Michaelis (Sport Meister); Rainer Sellien (teacher); Hendrik Arnst (worker); Marie Anne Fliegel (Hannas neighbor); Vijessna Ferkic (Sophie); Frieder Venus (doctor); Max Mauff (Rudolf); Volker Bruch (Dieter Spenz); Fritz Roth (train overseer); Jacqueline Macaulay (Heidelberg lecturer); Fabian Busch (defense lawyer)

Direction

Director: Stephen Daldry

Assistant director: Josh Newport; Richard Styles

Second unit director: Tarik Karam

Writing

Screenplay: David Hare

Based on: Bernhard Schlink

Camera & Light

Director of photography: Chris Menges; Roger Deakins

Camera operator: Markus Pohlus

Assistant camera / focus puller: Thomas Gottschalk

2nd Camera unit: Luke Menges

Optical effects: Adolf Wojtinek; Michael Apling

Still photographer: Melinda Sue Gordon

Lighting design: Philip Fleischer; Oliver Kühne; Mario Grech

Lighting technician: Beda Mulzer

Decor

Production design: Erwin Prib

Set design: Brigitte Broch; Eva Stiebler; Brigitte Broch

Stand-by props: Ulrike Gojowczyk

Make-up artist: Gabriele Kent-Hornspool

Costume design: Ann Roth

Wardrobe: Daniela Backes

Production design: Christian Martin Goldbeck

Art Director: Anja Fromm

Cutting & Mixing

Editing: Claire Simpson

Sound: Manfred Banach

Sound design: Blake Leyh

Foley artist: Marko Costanzo

Audio mixing: Lee Dichter

Stunts: Marko Camper

Casting: Simone Bär

Music

Music: Nico Muhly

Production

Producer: Anthony Minghella; Sydney Pollack; Donna Gigliotto; Redmond Morris

Co-Producer: Henning Molfenter; Christoph Fisser; Carl L. Woebcken

Executive Producer: Bob Weinstein; Harvey Weinstein; Marieke Spencer; Nora Skinner; Michael Simon de Normier; Tarik Karam

Unit production manager: Arno Neubauer

Post-Production: Jennifer Lane

Production assistant: Caren Wiederhold

Set location manager: Jan Enderlein

Motive location manager: Matthias Braun

Companies

Production company: The Weinstein Company

in Co-Production: Babelsberg Film GmbH

in Co-Operation: Mirage Enterprises