Behind the mystery lies a truth that will make you question everything you know.
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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Grave, earnest, contemplative and prestige.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
- unpretentiousprestige
- cooloverwhelming
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Cast
- Ralph FiennesMichael Berg
- Kate WinsletHanna Schmitz
- David KrossYoung Michael Berg
- Lena OlinRose Mather
- Bruno GanzProfessor Rohl
- Jeanette HainBrigitte
- Hannah HerzsprungJulia
- Karoline HerfurthMarthe
- Volker BruchDieter Spenz
- Alexandra Maria LaraYoung Ilana Mather
Crew
- Stephen DaldryDirector
- David HareScreenplay
- Roger DeakinsDirector of Photography
- Chris MengesDirector of Photography
- Nico MuhlyOriginal Music Composer
- Claire SimpsonEditor
- Donna GigliottiProducer
- Anthony MinghellaProducer
- Sydney PollackProducer
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