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title: "The Reader: cast and crew"
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cast: 28
crew: 49
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# The Reader (2008): cast and crew

28 cast and 49 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Ralph Fiennes](https://film.one/person/ralph-fiennes.md) as Michael Berg
- [Kate Winslet](https://film.one/person/kate-winslet.md) as Hanna Schmitz
- [David Kross](https://film.one/person/david-kross.md) as Young Michael Berg
- [Lena Olin](https://film.one/person/lena-olin.md) as Rose Mather
- [Bruno Ganz](https://film.one/person/bruno-ganz.md) as Professor Rohl
- [Jeanette Hain](https://film.one/person/jeanette-hain.md) as Brigitte
- [Hannah Herzsprung](https://film.one/person/hannah-herzsprung.md) as Julia
- [Karoline Herfurth](https://film.one/person/karoline-herfurth.md) as Marthe
- [Volker Bruch](https://film.one/person/volker-bruch.md) as Dieter Spenz
- [Alexandra Maria Lara](https://film.one/person/alexandra-maria-lara.md) as Young Ilana Mather
- [Fabian Busch](https://film.one/person/fabian-busch.md) as Hanna's Defense Council
- [Vijessna Ferkic](https://film.one/person/vijessna-ferkic.md) as Sophie
- [Susanne Lothar](https://film.one/person/susanne-lothar.md) as Carla Berg
- Matthias Habich as Peter Berg
- [Burghart Klaußner](https://film.one/person/burghart-klauner.md) as Judge
- [Sylvester Groth](https://film.one/person/sylvester-groth.md) as Prosecuting Council
- Jürgen Tarrach as Gerhard Bade
- Florian Bartholomäi as Thomas Berg
- Moritz Grove as Holger
- Kirsten Block as Female Judge
- Margarita Broich as Co-Defendant
- [Marie Gruber](https://film.one/person/marie-gruber.md) as Co-Defendant
- Martin Brambach as Remand Prison Guard #1
- Carmen-Maja Antoni as Prison Librarian
- Heike Hanold-Lynch as Prison Guard
- [Linda Bassett](https://film.one/person/linda-bassett.md) as Ms. Brenner
- Ludwig Blochberger as Student
- Benjamin Trinks as Holger's friend

## Directing

- [Stephen Daldry](https://film.one/person/stephen-daldry.md): Director
- Susanna Lenton: Script Supervisor
- Katri Billard: Script Supervisor

## Writing

- [David Hare](https://film.one/person/david-hare.md): Screenplay
- Bernhard Schlink: Book

## Production

- [Donna Gigliotti](https://film.one/person/donna-gigliotti.md): Producer
- [Anthony Minghella](https://film.one/person/anthony-minghella.md): Producer
- [Sydney Pollack](https://film.one/person/sydney-pollack.md): Producer
- Redmond Morris: Producer
- Simone Bär: Casting
- Jina Jay: Casting
- [Harvey Weinstein](https://film.one/person/harvey-weinstein.md): Executive Producer
- Henning Molfenter: Co-Producer
- Christoph Fisser: Co-Producer
- [Jason Blum](https://film.one/person/jason-blum.md): Co-Executive Producer
- Carl Woebcken: Co-Producer
- Bob Weinstein: Executive Producer

## Camera

- [Roger Deakins](https://film.one/person/roger-deakins.md): Director of Photography
- [Chris Menges](https://film.one/person/chris-menges.md): Director of Photography

## Editing

- [Claire Simpson](https://film.one/person/claire-simpson.md): Editor
- Barbara Jean Kearney: Digital Intermediate

## Sound and music

- [Nico Muhly](https://film.one/person/nico-muhly.md): 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

## Art

- [Brigitte Broch](https://film.one/person/brigitte-broch.md): 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](https://film.one/person/christian-m-goldbeck.md): Supervising Art Director
- [Anu Schwartz](https://film.one/person/anu-schwartz.md): Art Direction

## Costume and make-up

- [Donna Maloney](https://film.one/person/donna-maloney.md): Costume Design
- [Ann Roth](https://film.one/person/ann-roth.md): 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

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