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# Behind the mystery lies a truth that will make you question everything you know.
📜 Overview:
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.
💵 Budget: USD
32,000,000
🌏 Languages Available:
English
,
German
,
Greek
,
Latin
📆 Date Released:
2008-12-10
⌚ Running Time:
124 mins
⭐ Vote Average:
7.472
Beloved Cast
Hanna Schmitz
Kate Winslet
Michael Berg
Ralph Fiennes
Young Michael Berg
David Kross
Rose Mather
Lena Olin
Professor Rohl
Bruno Ganz
Brigitte
Jeanette Hain
Julia
Hannah Herzsprung
Marthe
Karoline Herfurth
Dieter Spenz
Volker Bruch
Young Ilana Mather
Alexandra Maria Lara
Hanna's Defense Council
Fabian Busch
Sophie
Vijessna Ferkic
Carla Berg
Susanne Lothar
Peter Berg
Matthias Habich
Judge
Burghart Klaußner
Prosecuting Council
Sylvester Groth
Gerhard Bade
Jürgen Tarrach
Thomas Berg
Florian Bartholomäi
Holger
Moritz Grove
Female Judge
Kirsten Block
Co-Defendant
Margarita Broich
Co-Defendant
Marie Gruber
Remand Prison Guard #1
Martin Brambach
Prison Librarian
Carmen-Maja Antoni
Prison Guard
Heike Hanold-Lynch
Ms. Brenner
Linda Bassett
Student
Ludwig Blochberger
Holger's friend
Benjamin Trinks