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| Kate Winslet | Hanna Schmitz |
| Ralph Fiennes | Older Michael |
| David Kross | Young Michael |
| Lena Olin | Rose Mather/Ilana Mather |
| Bruno Ganz | Professor Rohl |
| Alexandra Maria Lara | Young Ilana Mather |
| Hannah Herzsprung | Julia |
| Volker Bruch | Dieter |
| Jeanette Hain | Brigitte |
| Moritz Grove | Holger |
Michael Berg, a teenager in postwar Germany, enters into a passionate but clandestine affair with Hanna Schmitz, a much older woman who enjoys having classic novels read to her. But, Hanna mysteriously disappears one day, leaving Michael heartbroken and confused. Years later, Michael, now a law student, gets the shock of his life when he sees Hanna on trial for Nazi war crimes.
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