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.
Unfortunately the movie The Reader is not yet available on HBO Max.
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Art | Christian M. Goldbeck | Supervising Art Director |
| Production | Harvey 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 |
| Writing | Bernhard Schlink | Book |
| Production | Bob Weinstein | Executive Producer |
