Storyline
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.
Principal 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
Media Information
DirectorStephen Daldry
StatusReleased
Runtime124 min
Genres
DramaRomance
Release Date2008-12-10
LanguageEnglish, German, Greek, Latin
CountryGermany, United States of America
Production
The Weinstein Company
Mirage Enterprises
Studio Babelsberg