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The Good German (2006) -- While in post-war Berlin to cover the Potsdam Conference, an American military journalist is drawn into a murder investigation which involves his former mistress and his driver.
The Good German (2006) -- While in post-war Berlin to cover the Potsdam Conference, an American military journalist is drawn into a murder investigation which involves his former mistress and his driver.

Overview

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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Paul Attanasio (screenplay)
Joseph Kanon (novel)
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Release Date:
14 February 2007 (France) more
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Tagline:
If war is hell then what comes after? more
Plot:
While in post-war Berlin to cover the Potsdam Conference, an American military journalist is drawn into a murder investigation which involves his former mistress and his driver. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations more
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(47 articles)
User Comments:
The Black And White German more (149 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Jack Thompson ... Congressman Breimer

John Roeder ... General

George Clooney ... Jake Geismer

Tobey Maguire ... Tully

Cate Blanchett ... Lena Brandt

Dominic Comperatore ... Levi

Dave Power ... Lieutenant Schaeffer

Tony Curran ... Danny

Ravil Isyanov ... General Sikorsky

J. Paul Boehmer ... British Press Aide
Igor Korosec ... Russian Soldier

Boris Kievsky ... Russian Soldier
Vladimir Kulikov ... Russian Soldier
Yevgeniy Narovlyanskiy ... Russian Soldier
Aleksandr Sountsov ... Russian Soldier
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for language, violence and some sexual content.
Runtime:
105 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Trivia:
Cate Blanchett studied Marlene Dietrich and Ingrid Bergman in order to play a German character. Ingrid Bergman, however, was Swedish. more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: Sikorsky examines some currency, paying close attention to the serial numbers. He's shown examining the bills: their serial numbers are rendered in an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) typeface, which wouldn't be introduced until decades later the period of this film. more
Quotes:
Lena Brandt: An affair has more rules than a marriage. more
Movie Connections:
References Casablanca (1942) more
Soundtrack:
You're Some Pretty Doll more

FAQ

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47 out of 82 people found the following comment useful.
The Black And White German, 4 March 2007
5/10
Author: claudette-crivelli from Italy

I was so aware of the attempted style of the film that I could hardly concentrate on anything else. The look, oh, the look. Clooney and Blanchet - Bergman, Bogart, shadows and fog. Pity. It could have been a tense war time thriller - Who is he? Where is he? What is it about? I was always mesmerized by questions like that on films that "The Good German" seems to want to emulate. Sodebergh is one my most recent favorites and one of the main reasons is because he is unafraid of taking chances. The question is, what are the chances taken for? I get more "Bubble" - sort of - than "The Good German" Blanchet is great to watch, she's Hildegarde Kneff and/or a lip-full Gloria Grahame but other than admire her right there on the screen I wasn't permitted to feel anything. George Clooney is just as solid in black and white as he is in color and Tobey McGuire - well, the best I can say is that his contribution is brief. What I took with me as the most valuable aspect of this experiment is/was Thomas Newman's classically colorful score.

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