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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Ralph Fiennes
Michael Berg
Kate Winslet
Hanna Schmitz
David Kross
Young Michael Berg
Lena Olin
Rose Mather
Bruno Ganz
Professor Rohl
Jeanette Hain
Brigitte
Hannah Herzsprung
Julia
Karoline Herfurth
Marthe
Volker Bruch
Dieter Spenz
Alexandra Maria Lara
Young Ilana Mather
Fabian Busch
Hanna's Defense Council
Vijessna Ferkic
Sophie
Susanne Lothar
Carla Berg
Matthias Habich
Peter Berg
Burghart Klaußner
Judge
Stephen Daldry
Director
David Hare
Screenplay
Harvey Weinstein
Executive Producer
Bob Weinstein
Executive Producer
Sydney Pollack
Producer
Anthony Minghella
Producer
Donna Gigliotti
Producer
Redmond Morris
Producer
Roger Deakins
Director of Photography
Chris Menges
Director of Photography
Nico Muhly
Original Music Composer
Claire Simpson
Editor
Ann Roth
Costume Design
Donna Maloney
Costume Design
Brigitte Broch
Production Design
