Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
George Clooney | ... | Jake Geismer | |
Cate Blanchett | ... | Lena Brandt | |
Tobey Maguire | ... | Tully | |
Beau Bridges | ... | Colonel Muller | |
Tony Curran | ... | Danny | |
Leland Orser | ... | Bernie | |
Jack Thompson | ... | Congressman Breimer | |
Robin Weigert | ... | Hannelore | |
Ravil Isyanov | ... | General Sikorsky | |
Christian Oliver | ... | Emil Brandt | |
Dave Power | ... | Lieutenant Schaeffer | |
Don Pugsley | ... | Gunther | |
Dominic Comperatore | ... | Levi | |
John Roeder | ... | General | |
J. Paul Boehmer | ... | British Press Aide |
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>
The Good German- Well I don't know how else to put this besides, this film sucked. Now I'll admit that I'm not a Soderberg fan and don't even like his highly regarded films such as Sex,Lies and Video Tape or Traffic, but that isn't to say that I'll hate a film simply because his name is attached to it.
My hate for this film has do to with the screenplay, Direction, and just all around poor poor film making that went into it. The story is a joke and jumps around all over the place making little sense most of the time, the dialogue is written to match which is to say it's horrible, and even the cinematography that was talked about so much looks little like classic films from the 40s and instead just looks like a generic modern film with some stock footage thrown in.
It's one of those films that while watching you just have to wonder why it was even made and how anyone involved thought they were making anything worth while. It's one of those films that matter so little that they won't even be remembered for how bad they were but will instead be forgotten.
And don't even get me started on the Casablanca references.