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.
Directing | Stephen Daldry | Director |
Camera | Chris Menges | Director of Photography |
Writing | David Hare | Screenplay |
Production | Anthony Minghella | Producer |
Production | Donna Gigliotti | Producer |
Production | Redmond Morris | Producer |
Production | Sydney Pollack | Producer |
Sound | Nico Muhly | Original Music Composer |
Camera | Roger Deakins | Director of Photography |
Editing | Claire Simpson | Editor |
Production | Simone Bär | Casting |
Production | Jina Jay | Casting |
Art | Brigitte Broch | Production Design |
Art | Stefan Hauck | Art Direction |
Art | Erwin Prib | Art Direction |
Art | Yeşim Zolan | Art Direction |
Art | Karin Betzler | Set Decoration |
Art | Eva Stiebler | Set Decoration |
Costume & Make-Up | Donna Maloney | Costume Design |
Costume & Make-Up | Ann Roth | Costume Design |
Art | Christian M. Goldbeck | Supervising Art Director |
Editing | Barbara Jean Kearney | Digital Intermediate |
Art | Anja Fromm | Art Direction |
Costume & Make-Up | Linda Melazzo | Makeup Artist |
Directing | Katri Billard | Script Supervisor |
Crew | Linda Gamble | Unit Publicist |
Directing | Susanna Lenton | Script Supervisor |
Sound | Annette Kudrak | Music Editor |
Production | Harvey Weinstein | Executive Producer |
Writing | Bernhard Schlink | Book |
Production | Bob Weinstein | Executive Producer |
Art | Anu Schwartz | Art Direction |
Costume & Make-Up | Gabriele Kent-Horspool | Makeup Artist |
Costume & Make-Up | Chris Lyons | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
Costume & Make-Up | Peter Owen | Wig Designer |
Costume & Make-Up | Annett Schulze | Makeup Artist |
Costume & Make-Up | Matthew Smith | Prosthetic Designer |
Costume & Make-Up | Anna Von Gwinner | Makeup Artist |
Costume & Make-Up | Maria Torfeld | Makeup Artist |
Production | Jason Blum | Co-Executive Producer |
Production | Christoph Fisser | Co-Producer |
Production | Henning Molfenter | Co-Producer |
Production | Charlie Woebcken | Co-Producer |
Sound | George A. Lara | Foley Mixer |
Sound | Eric Hirsch | Sound Recordist |
Sound | Harry Higgins | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Sound | Michael Fowler | ADR Mixer |
Sound | Lee Dichter | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Sound | Marko Costanzo | Foley Artist |