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The Reader (2008) [R]

Release Date:
December 10, 2008

Original Title:
The Reader

Alternate Titles:
A felolvasó
Bralec
Der Vorleser
El lector
Lektor
Người Đọc Sách
O Leitor
Okuyucu
Predcítac
Skaitovas
The Reader
The Reader (El lector)
Una pasión secreta
Čitač
Žena kojoj sam ćitao
Σφραγισμένα Χείλη
Читач
生死朗读
더 리더: 책 읽어주는 남자

Genres:
Drama | Romance

Production Companies:
ARD
Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen
Mirage Enterprises
Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung
Studio Babelsberg
The Weinstein Company

Production Countries:
Germany | United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: M  BR: 16  CZ: 18+  DE: 12  FR: 12  GB: 15  HU: 16  IE: 16  JP: R18+  KR: 18  MY: 18PL  PL: 18  PT: M/16  RO: 18  SE: Btl  SG: R21  TR: 15+  US: R 

Runtime: 124

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

Overview from TheMovieDB

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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ADR Mixer:
Michael Fowler

Art Direction:
Stefan Hauck
Erwin Prib
Yeşim Zolan
Anja Fromm
Anu Schwartz

Book:
Bernhard Schlink

Casting:
Simone Bär
Jina Jay

Co-Executive Producer:
Jason Blum

Co-Producer:
Christoph Fisser
Henning Molfenter
Charlie Woebcken

Costume Design:
Donna Maloney
Ann Roth

Digital Intermediate:
Barbara Jean Kearney

Director:
Stephen Daldry

Director of Photography:
Chris Menges
Roger Deakins

Editor:
Claire Simpson

Executive Producer:
Harvey Weinstein
Bob Weinstein

Foley Artist:
Marko Costanzo

Foley Mixer:
George A. Lara

Makeup Artist:
Linda Melazzo
Gabriele Kent-Horspool
Annett Schulze
Anna Von Gwinner
Maria Torfeld

Music Editor:
Annette Kudrak

Original Music Composer:
Nico Muhly

Producer:
Anthony Minghella
Donna Gigliotti
Redmond Morris
Sydney Pollack

Production Design:
Brigitte Broch

Prosthetic Designer:
Matthew Smith

Screenplay:
David Hare

Script Supervisor:
Katri Billard
Susanna Lenton

Set Decoration:
Karin Betzler
Eva Stiebler

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Harry Higgins
Lee Dichter

Sound Recordist:
Eric Hirsch

Special Effects Makeup Artist:
Chris Lyons

Supervising Art Director:
Christian M. Goldbeck

Unit Publicist:
Linda Gamble

Wig Designer:
Peter Owen

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