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The Good German (2006)
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Ratings: 6.1/10 from 15,017 users
Metascore:
49/100
Reviews: 156 user | 181 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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Levi
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Danny
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General Sikorsky
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| Igor Korosec | ... |
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| Boris Kievsky | ... |
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Vladimir Kulikov | ... |
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Yevgeniy Narovlyanskiy | ... |
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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>
Plot Summary | Plot SynopsisTaglines:
Not Everyone Finds Peace After The War See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for language, violence and some sexual content See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
(France) See more »Also Known As:
El buen alemán 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) (17 December 2006) (5 Screens)Gross:
$1,290,623 (USA) (1 April 2007)Company Credits
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1.37 : 1
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appears in the forties old style See more »
Written by Bob Ellsworth, Dick Howard and Russ Morgan
Performed by William Marsh, Chris Ross, Johnny Britt and Gary Stockdale See more »
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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 »Crazy Credits
All the logos appear in black and white, while the Warner Brothers logoappears in the forties old style See more »
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Referenced in The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriter Paul Attanasio (2007) See more »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 »
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