The Good German (2006)
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.
The Good German (2006)
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Released Year: 2006
Runtime: 108 minutes
Directors: Steven Soderbergh
Casts: Tony Curran, George Clooney, Beau Bridges, Leland Orser, Christian Oliver, Cate Blanchett, Tobey Maguire, Ravil Isyanov, Dave Power, Gian Franco Tordi, Jack Thompson, Robin Weigert, Don Pugsley, Dominic Comperatore, John Roeder
IMDB: The Good German (2006)
Storyline
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.
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Reviews
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Rolling Stone -
This is Soderbergh's show, and a haunting and hypnotic show it is.
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The Hollywood Reporter -
Blanchett gets everything right -- the accent, her German dialogue, the weary sexuality (deliberately reminiscent of Marlene Dietrich) and the amorality her character has embraced.
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Entertainment Weekly -
The leisure-time viewer will say, ''Hey, this is sort of like "Casablanca," so why play it again?''
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ReelViews -
The Good German, Steven Soderbergh's film noir homage, is nearly perfect when it comes to style and tone, but it concentrates so single-mindedly on the mechanics of the narrative that it loses sight of its characters.
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Variety -
For actor and director, the project seems like trying on a new coat, and it doesn't fit either of them.
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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.
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.
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.
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.