An American woman of Irish, Jewish-German parentage goes undercover in Nazi Germany.
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| Michael Douglas | ... | Ed Leland | |
| Melanie Griffith | ... | Linda Voss | |
| Liam Neeson | ... | Franze-Otto Dietrich | |
| Joely Richardson | ... | Margrete Von Eberstien | |
| John Gielgud | ... | Sunflower | |
| Francis Guinan | ... | Andrew Berringer | |
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Patrick Winczewski | ... | Fishmonger |
| Anthony Walters | ... | Dietrich's Son | |
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Victoria Shalet | ... | Dietrich's Daughter |
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Sheila Allen | ... | Olga Leiner, Margrete's Mother |
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Stanley Beard | ... | Linda's Father |
| Sylvia Syms | ... | Linda's Mother | |
| Ronald Nitschke | ... | Horst Drescher | |
| Hansi Jochmann | ... | Hedda Drescher | |
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Peter Flechtner | ... | S.S. Officer at Fish Market |
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1940, Linda Voss is a woman of Irish, Jewish-German parentage who loves the movies, especially films about war and spies. She gets a job at a New York law firm, after it's revealed she can speak German, fluently. As secretary and translator to Ed Leland, she begins to suspect that her boss is involved in espionage work. The two become lovers, and when America officially joins the Allies in fighting Hitler, Linda volunteers to go undercover behind enemy lines. Written by L. Hamre
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anti semitism | behind enemy lines | jewish woman | jew | new york city |Taglines:
He needed to trust her with his secret. She had to trust him with her life.Parents Guide:
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Release Date:
31 January 1992 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$6,406,829, 2 February 1992Gross USA:
$21,633,781Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$43,838,238Company Credits
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Twentieth Century Fox, Sandollar Productions, Peter V. Miller Investment Corp. See more »
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2.39 : 1
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[laughs]
Horst Drescher: [then gulps with a sick look on his face]
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A five hundred thousand dollar building was erected in Berlin, to be blown up during an action scene. No cameras were rolling when it blew up. See more »Goofs
When Linda references The Fighting 69th she states the film stars Cary Grant and Brenda Marshall, but neither actor appears in that film. See more »Quotes
Horst Drescher: [chewing raw dove] Delicious. Makes me feel like a volf.[laughs]
Horst Drescher: [then gulps with a sick look on his face]
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I loved this movie. I saw it for the first time when I was 21, and I've watched it several times a year ever since. Melanie Griffith gives one of the best performances of her career, and Michael Douglas is, of course, wonderful. Although this movie is presented as a action/drama set in WWII, the romantic story is what makes this movie so powerful. Griffith and Douglas have great, believable chemistry. The set decoration and cinematography are a throwback to the old 40's movies, which is ironic because those movies are mentioned throughout the film (Griffith's character is a huge fan of war movies that were shown at that time.) If you like great romantic stories with just enough action thrown in, watch this one. You will not be disappointed.