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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| Art | Yeşim Zolan | Art Direction |
| Art | Karin Betzler | Set Decoration |
| Production | Donna Gigliotti | Producer |
| Production | Redmond Morris | Producer |
| Art | Stefan Hauck | Art Direction |
| Art | Erwin Prib | Art Direction |
| Writing | David Hare | Screenplay |
| Production | Anthony Minghella | Producer |
| Production | Sydney Pollack | Producer |
| Sound | Nico Muhly | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Roger Deakins | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Claire Simpson | Editor |
| Art | Eva Stiebler | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Stephen Daldry | Director |
| Art | Brigitte Broch | Production Design |
| Production | Jina Jay | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Donna Maloney | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ann Roth | Costume Design |
| Camera | Chris Menges | Director of Photography |
| Production | Simone Bär | Casting |
| Art | Christian M. Goldbeck | Supervising Art Director |
| Editing | Barbara Jean Kearney | Digital Intermediate |
| Directing | Susanna Lenton | Script Supervisor |
| Crew | Linda Gamble | Unit Publicist |
| Directing | Katri Billard | Script Supervisor |
| Art | Anja Fromm | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Linda Melazzo | Makeup Artist |
| 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 |
