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 | |
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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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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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$21,733,781Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$43,938,238Company Credits
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Linda Voss: This is all so civilized, Edward. That's what you like, isn't it? Civilized people, polite ladies with pedigrees who look good at the opera, and never make you laugh too hard, and never make you feel too much. I've had a lot of time to think about this and don't tell me it's the war, when ...
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The movie won Worst Picture at the Hastings Bad Cinema Society's 15th Stinkers Bad Movie Awards in 1992. See more »Goofs
Franz-Otto Dietrich is going to a concert with Linda Voss. He mentions that the conductor is Herbert Von Karajan. Karajan was born in 1908 and therefore in his mid-thirties during the war. The conductor in the movie is quite old and has gray hair. In a photo from 1938 Karajan's hair was still jet-black. See more »Quotes
Ed Leland: [seeing Linda for the first time in six months after their passionate affair, and he has come strolling in with a stunning brunette] You can come work for me while I'm here, I can always use a good secretary.Linda Voss: This is all so civilized, Edward. That's what you like, isn't it? Civilized people, polite ladies with pedigrees who look good at the opera, and never make you laugh too hard, and never make you feel too much. I've had a lot of time to think about this and don't tell me it's the war, when ...
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This will be a short review. I have seen a lot of pro and con on this movie, but almost all of the con's talk of the unbelievable plot. I will give you that the plot has some problems, and if this was a serious spy movie, then I'd be there with you, but that is not what this film is. This film is a total romance with some action thrown in. If you watch it and see how two people will risk all they have for each other because they are in love then you will enjoy this film. Sure there are holes in the plot...but not in the romance. Melanie is very likable in this movie and I think there is great chemistry! If you don't scrutinize the plot so much you may even find yourself routing for them as they cross the Swiss border.