The Good German

2006·108'

Steven Soderbergh

DramaMysteryThrillerWarRomance

★ 5.8

Letterboxd TMDB #182

If war is Hell, then what comes after?

An American journalist arrives in Berlin just after the end of World War Two. He becomes involved in a murder mystery surrounding a dead GI who washes up at a lakeside mansion during the Potsdam negotiations between the Allied powers. Soon his investigation connects with his search for his married pre-war German lover.

Cast

George Clooney Jake Geismar

Cate Blanchett Lena Brandt

Tobey Maguire Tully

Beau Bridges Colonel Muller

Tony Curran Danny

Leland Orser Bernie Teitel

Jack Thompson Congressman Breimer

Robin Weigert Hannelore

Ravil Isyanov General Sikorsky

Christian Oliver Emil Brandt

Dave Power Lieutenant Schaeffer

Don Pugsley Gunther