4.4 Score

2006 • 1h 48min • R • Mystery, Thriller, Drama, Romance, War

The Good German

"If war is Hell, then what comes after?"

An American journalist arrives in Berlin just after the end of World War Two. He becomes involved in a murder mystery surrounding a dead GI who washes up at a lakeside mansion during the Potsdam negotiations between the Allied powers. Soon his investigation connects with his search for his married pre-war German lover.

IMDb 6.0

RT 34%

MC 49

Director

Steven Soderbergh

Writers

Paul Attanasio

Joseph Kanon

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George Clooney

Jake Geismar

Cate Blanchett

Lena Brandt

Tobey Maguire

Tully

Beau Bridges

Colonel Muller

Tony Curran

Danny

Leland Orser

Bernie Teitel

Jack Thompson

Congressman Breimer

Robin Weigert

Hannelore

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Cate Blanchett Lena Brandt

Tobey Maguire Tully

Beau Bridges Colonel Muller

Tony Curran Danny

Leland Orser Bernie Teitel

Jack Thompson Congressman Breimer

Robin Weigert Hannelore

Ravil Isyanov General Sikorsky

Christian Oliver Emil Brandt

Dave Power Lieutenant Schaeffer

Don Pugsley Gunther

Dominic Comperatore Levi

John Roeder Gunther

J. Paul Boehmer British Press Aide

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