Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
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 |
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
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.