The Reader (2008) - Credits and Details

The Reader Credits and Details

Directed by
	Stephen Daldry
Written by
	David Hare	...	screenplay
	Bernhard Schlink	...	book "Der Vorleser"
Cast
	Ralph Fiennes	...	Michael Berg
	Jeanette Hain	...	Brigitte
	David Kross	...	Young Michael Berg
	Kate Winslet	...	Hanna Schmitz
	Susanne Lothar	...	Carla Berg
	Alissa Wilms	...	Emily Berg
	Florian Bartholomäi	...	Thomas Berg
	Friederike Becht	...	Angela Berg
	Matthias Habich	...	Peter Berg
	Frieder Venus	...	Doctor
	Marie-Anne Fliegel	...	Hanna's Neighbour (as Marie Anne Fliegel)
	Hendrik Arnst	...	Woodyard Worker
	Rainer Sellien	...	Teacher
	Torsten Michaelis	...	Sports Master
	Moritz Grove	...	Holger
	Joachim Tomaschewsky	...	Stamp Dealer
	Barbara Philipp	...	Waitress
	Hans Hohlbein	...	Clerk
	Jürgen Tarrach	...	Gerhard Bade (as Juergen Tarrach)
	Kirsten Block	...	Female Judge
	Vijessna Ferkic	...	Sophie (as Vijnessa Ferkic)
	Vanessa Berthold	...	Sophie's Friend
	Benjamin Trinks	...	Holger's Friend
	Fritz Roth	...	Tram Supervisor
	Hannah Herzsprung	...	Julia
	Jacqueline Macaulay	...	Heidelberg Lecturer (as Jaqueline Macaulay)
	Volker Bruch	...	Dieter
	Bruno Ganz	...	Professor Rohl
	Karoline Herfurth	...	Marthe
	Max Mauff	...	Rudolf
	Ludwig Blochberger	...	Seminar Group Student
	Jonas Jägermeyr	...	Seminar Group Student
	Alexander Kasprik	...	Seminar Group Student
	Burghart Klaußner	...	Judge (as Burghart Klaussner)
	Sylvester Groth	...	Prosecuting Council
	Fabian Busch	...	Hanna's Defence Council
	Margarita Broich	...	Co-Defendant
	Marie Gruber	...	Co-Defendant
	Lena Lessing	...	Co-Defendant
	Merelina Kendall	...	Co-Defendant
	Hildegard Schroedter	...	Co-Defendant
	Lena Olin	...	Rose Mather / Ilana Mather
	Alexandra Maria Lara	...	Young Ilana Mather
	Martin Brambach	...	Remand Prison Guard #1
	Michael Schenk	...	Remand Prison Guard #2
	Ava Eusepi-Harris	...	Young Julia
	Nadja Engel	...	Mail Room Guard #1
	Anne-Kathrin Gummich	...	Mail Room Guard #2
	Carmen-Maja Antoni	...	Prison Librarian
	Petra Hartung	...	Head Prison Guard
	Linda Bassett	...	Ms. Brenner
	Beata Lehmann	...	Ms. Brenner's Secretary
	Heike Hanold-Lynch	...	Prison Guard
	Bettina Scheuritzel	...	Gate Guard
	Robin Gooch	...	Ilana's Maid (as Robin Lyn Gooch)
Uncredited Cast
	Thomas Borchardt	...	Criminal Defense Lawyer
	Hans-Joachim Fisch	...	Lay judge
	Alexandru Herca	...	Reporter
	Hendrik Maaß	...	Michael's Court House Assistant
	Klemen Novak	...	Additional Voices (voice)
	Rich Odell	...	Taxi Driver
	Daniele Rizzo	...	Student
	Sam Luca Scollin	...	Reporter
	Stephan Ziller	...	Student in Court
Produced by
	Jason Blum	...	co-executive producer
	Christoph Fisser	...	co-producer
	Donna Gigliotti	...	producer
	Tarik Karam	...	associate producer
	Anthony Minghella	...	producer
	Henning Molfenter	...	co-producer
	Redmond Morris	...	producer
	Arno Neubauer	...	line producer
	Sydney Pollack	...	producer
	Marianna Rowinska	...	line producer
	Sabine Schenk	...	line producer
	Michael Simon de Normier	...	associate producer
	Nora Skinner	...	associate producer
	Marieke Spencer	...	associate producer
	Bob Weinstein	...	executive producer
	Harvey Weinstein	...	executive producer
	Charlie Woebcken	...	co-producer
Original Music by
	Nico Muhly
Special Effects by
	Michael Apling	...	special effects office coordinator
	Michal Havlicek	...	special effects technician
	Delroy Reid	...	snow effects technician
	Lucien Stephenson	...	snow effects supervisor
	Thomas Thiele	...	special effects technician
	Mario Uy	...	special effects crew
	Bernd Wildau	...	special effects foreman
	Olaf Will	...	special effects technician
	Adolf Wojtinek	...	special effects coordinator
Visual Effects by
	Louie Alexander	...	digital compositor: Framestore
	Anton Anderson	...	flame assistant: RhinoFX
	Jamie Baxter	...	digital compositor: Custom Film Effects
	Ryan Beadle	...	IO: Custom Film Effects
	Zachary Bloom	...	scanning and recording: Framestore
	Clare Brody	...	data operator - framestore
	Cara Buckley	...	visual effects producer: RhinoFX
	John Bunt	...	digital compositor: Custom Film Effects
	Paul Burke	...	scanning and recording: Framestore
	Peter Chiang	...	visual effects supervisor: Double Negative
	Dayne Cowan	...	visual effects supervisor: Double Negative
	Zoran Cvetkovic	...	digital matte painter: RhinoFX
	Samuel M. Dabbs	...	digital compositor: Custom Film Effects
	Dennis Dorney	...	digital editorial: Custom Film Effects
	Mark Dornfeld	...	visual effects supervisor: Custom Film Effects
	Richard Edwards	...	data operator: Framestore
	Michele Ferrone	...	visual effects producer: Custom Film Effects
	James Gambino	...	digital compositor: Custom Film Effects
	Adam Gass	...	digital editorial: Custom Film Effects
	Camille Geier	...	executive producer: RhinoFX
	Sarah Grieshammer	...	digital compositor: Custom Film Effects
	Adam Hawkes	...	digital compositor: Framestore
	Karsten Hecker	...	film mastering engineer
	Jan Hogevold	...	visual effects producer: Framestore
	Shaina Holmes	...	digital artist: Custom Film Effects / supervisor: Custom Film Effects
	Lindsay M. Hoppe	...	digital compositor: Custom Film Effects
	Justin Israel	...	digital compositor: Custom Film Effects
	Petar Jovovic	...	digital matte painting supervisor: RhinoFX
	Nitant Karnik	...	lead compositor: RhinoFX
	Brian Krijgsman	...	visual effects supervisor: Framestore
	Paulina Kuszta	...	visual effects coordinator: Custom Film Effects
	Karin Levinson	...	production executive: RhinoFX
	Yuval Levy	...	cg supervisor: RhinoFX
	Laura Lunt	...	visual effects production coordinator: Framestore
	Theodore Maniatis	...	visual effects artist
	Veronica Marcano	...	scanning & recording operator: Framestore
	Hector Mejia	...	IT engineer: RhinoFX
	Bogdan Mihajlovic	...	lead matchmove technical director: RhinoFX
	Morgan Miller	...	digital touch-up artist
	Lauren Montuori	...	visual effects production manager: RhinoFX
	Jesse Morrow	...	smoke artist
	Masha Nova	...	digital compositor: Custom Film Effects
	Adam Parker	...	retouch and restoration: Framestore
	Ivan Pribicevic	...	2D matte painter: RhinoFX
	Kevin Quinlan	...	visual effects artist
	Lee Rankin	...	scanning and recording: Framestore
	David W. Reynolds	...	flame compositor: RhinoFX
	Jim Rider	...	visual effects supervisor: RhinoFX
	Kevin Vale	...	digital imaging
	Dragan Veselinovic	...	digital matte painter: RhinoFX
	Dan Victoire	...	digital compositor: Framestore
	Manuel Llamas	...	digital compositor
Stunts
	Volkhart Buff	...	stunt coordinator
	Marco Camper	...	stunt assistant
	Daniela Stein	...	stunt coordinator
Thanks
	Manuela Alexejew	...	the producers wish to thank
	Mary Barnard	...	acknowledgment: Sappho, A New Translation by
	Elizabeth J. Bell	...	acknowledgment: Sappho, A New Translation by Mary Barnard used with permission of, Barnardworks
	Peter Benchley	...	acknowledgment: JAWS by
	Carlos Brandl	...	the producers wish to thank
	Anton Chekhov	...	acknowledgment: The Lady with the Little Dog by
	Charles Dickens	...	acknowledgment: David Copperfield & The Old Curiosity Shop by
	T.S. Eliot	...	acknowledgment: East Coker, Four Quartets by
	Konstanze Ell	...	the producers wish to thank
	Robert Fagles	...	acknowledgment: The Odyssey by Homer, translated by
	Josephine Hart	...	the producers wish to thank
	Erich Heckel	...	the producers wish to thank
	Ernest Hemingway	...	acknowledgment: The Old Man and the Sea by
	Gregor Herb	...	the producers wish to thank
	Homer	...	acknowledgment: The Odyssey by
	Horace	...	acknowledgment: Epodes by
	Horst Janssen	...	the producers wish to thank
	Franz Kafka	...	acknowledgment: The Metamorphosis by
	Peer Klehmet	...	the producers wish to thank
	D.H. Lawrence	...	acknowledgment: Lady Chatterley's Lover by
	Mitchel Lenson	...	acknowledgment: in association with
	Gotthold Ephraim Lessing	...	acknowledgment: Emilia Galotti by
	Anthony Minghella	...	in loving memory of
	Boris Pasternak	...	acknowledgment: Doctor Zhivago by
	The Pauly Family	...	the producers wish to thank
	Sydney Pollack	...	in loving memory of
	Werner Renz	...	the producers wish to thank
	Gerhard Richter	...	the producers wish to thank
	Sappho	...	acknowledgment: To an Army Wife, in Sardis by
	Friedrich Schiller	...	acknowledgment: Intrigue and Love by
	Arthur Schnitzler	...	acknowledgment: Anatol by
	Mark Twain	...	acknowledgment: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by
	Alexander Wecker-Bergheim	...	the producers wish to thank
	Julia Welter	...	the producers wish to thank
	Gerhard Wiese	...	the producers wish to thank
	Stefan Zweig	...	acknowledgment: The World of Yesterday by

Additional Info
Premiere:	December 10, 2008
Theatrical Release:	January 09, 2009
DVD Release:	April 14, 2009
Blu-ray Release:	April 28, 2009
Countries:
Distributor:	The Weinstein Company
Websites:

Ratings
6.2 / 10	7.6 / 10	58 / 100

Production Companies
The Weinstein Company (presents)
Mirage Enterprises (producer)
Studio Babelsberg (Neunte Babelsberg Film)
Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA) (FFA) (supported by)
Deutscher Filmförderfonds (DFFF) (supported by)
Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (supported by)
Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM) (supported by)
Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen (nrw Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen) (supported by)

Distributors
The Weinstein Company (2008) (United States) (theatrical)
Genius Products (2009) (United States) (DVD)

Filming Locations
Berlin, Germany
Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Görlitz, Saxony, Germany
Gedenkstätte Hohenschönhausen, Hohenschönhausen, Berlin, Germany
Germany
HDI-Gerling Building, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Kaple Panny Marie Snezne, Czech Republic
Kirnitzschtal, Sächsische Schweiz, Saxony, Germany
Lublin, Lubelskie, Poland
Luckau, Brandenburg, Germany
Ludwigsfelde, Brandenburg, Germany
Majdanek, Lublin, Lubelskie, Poland
MMC Studios, Hürth, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (Studio)
Sächsische Schweiz, Saxony, Germany
Sacrow, Brandenburg, Germany
Studio Babelsberg, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany (concentration camp scenes)
Zehlendorf, Berlin, Germany (courthouse scenes)

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