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The Good German (2006) 6.1
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6.1/10 from 19,775 users
Metascore: 49/100
Reviews: 171 user | 185 critic | 34 from Metacritic.com 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. Director:Steven Soderbergh |
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Cast
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Gunther
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Levi
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Berlin, July, 1945. Journalist Jake Geismer arrives to cover the Potsdam conference, issued a captain's uniform for easier passage. He also wants to find Lena, an old flame who's now a prostitute desperate to get out of Berlin. He discovers that the driver he's assigned, a cheerful down-home sadist named Corporal Tully, is Lena's keeper. When the body of a murdered man washes up in Potsdam (within the Russian sector), Jake may be the only person who wants to solve the crime: U.S. personnel are busy finding Nazis to bring to trial, the Russians and the Americans are looking for German rocket scientists, and Lena has her own secrets. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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Every heart has its secrets, some more dangerous than others. See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
14 February 2007 (France) See more »Also Known As:
L'ami allemand See more »Filming Locations:
Little Europe, Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA See more »Box Office
Budget:
$32,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$76,817 (USA) (15 December 2006)Gross:
$1,304,837 (USA) (6 April 2007)Company Credits
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Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1
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Written by Clarence Williams
Performed by William Marsh, Chris Ross, Johnny Britt and Gary Stockdale
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So that the film could be in the 1.66:1 aspect ratio, which modern theaters are not equipped to handle, the prints are in 1.85:1, with black bars on the sides. See more »Goofs
The newsreel speaker says the Potsdam conference takes place in "Emperor William's former palace". This is not correct. The Cecilienhof palace was built for the last crown prince of Germany, who lived there from 1917-19 and from 1926-45. See more »Quotes
Patrick Tully: [threatening a Jewish double amputee] Don't you jew me over the price!See more »
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All the logos appear in black and white, while the Warner Brothers logo appears in the forties old style See more »Connections
Featured in The Rotten Tomatoes Show: The American/Going the Distance/Machete (2010) See more »Soundtracks
You're Some Pretty DollWritten by Clarence Williams
Performed by William Marsh, Chris Ross, Johnny Britt and Gary Stockdale
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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.