Movie
The Good German
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.
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Synopsis
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.
More about The Good German
Cast
George ClooneyJake Geismar
Cate BlanchettLena Brandt
Tobey MaguireTully
Beau BridgesColonel Muller
Tony CurranDanny
Leland OrserBernie Teitel
Jack ThompsonCongressman Breimer
Robin WeigertHanneloreCredits
- Directed by
- Steven Soderbergh
- Written by
- Paul Attanasio, Joseph Kanon
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $32M
- Box office
- $5.9M
Production
Warner Bros. PicturesUnited States
Virtual StudiosUnited States
Section EightUnited States
