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The Good German (2006)

R  105 min  -  Drama | Mystery | Thriller   -  14 February 2007 (France)
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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.

Writers:

Paul Attanasio (screenplay), Joseph Kanon (novel)
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jack Thompson Jack Thompson ...
John Roeder ...
General
George Clooney ...
Tobey Maguire ...
Cate Blanchett ...
Dominic Comperatore ...
Levi
Dave Power ...
Tony Curran ...
Danny
Ravil Isyanov ...
General Sikorsky
J. Paul Boehmer ...
British Press Aide
Igor Korosec ...
Russian Soldier
Boris Kievsky ...
Russian Soldier
Vladimir Kulikov Vladimir Kulikov ...
Russian Soldier
Yevgeniy Narovlyanskiy Yevgeniy Narovlyanskiy ...
Russian Soldier
Aleksandr Sountsov ...
Russian Soldier
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Storyline

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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Plot Keywords:

American | Driver | Russian | Journalist | Murder  | See more »

Taglines:

Not Everyone Finds Peace After The War See more »

Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language, violence and some sexual content See all certifications »

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English | German | Russian

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

El buen alemán See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$32,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$76,817 (USA) (17 December 2006) (5 Screens)

Gross:

$1,290,623 (USA) (1 April 2007)
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DTS  | SDDS  | Dolby Digital

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Trivia

Steven Soderbergh, wishing to shoot this film the old Hollywood way, banned the use of sophisticated zoom lenses used by today's cinematographers, returning to the fixed focal-length lenses used in the past. Furthermore, only incandescent lights were used which provided harsh, unnatural lighting. There were also no wireless body microphones, which would allow the faintest whispers to be heard, on set. Sound was recorded the old-fashioned way, with a hand-operated boom mike held above the actors head, which consequently forced the actors to speak in loud, crisp English. See 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. See more »

Quotes

Lena Brandt: You can never really get out of Berlin.
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Crazy Credits

All the logos appear in black and white, while the Warner Brothers logo
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Soundtracks

"Somebody Else Is Taking My Place"
Written by Bob Ellsworth, Dick Howard and Russ Morgan
Performed by William Marsh, Chris Ross, Johnny Britt and Gary Stockdale See more »