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The Good German (2006)

R | | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 19 January 2007 (USA)
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While in post-war Berlin to cover the Potsdam Conference, an American military journalist is drawn into a murder investigation which involves his former mistress and his driver.

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Storyline

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 <[email protected]>

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Not Everyone Finds Peace After The War See more »

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Rated R for language, violence and some sexual content | See all certifications »

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Box Office

Budget:

$32,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$76,817 (USA) (15 December 2006)

Gross:

$1,304,837 (USA) (6 April 2007)
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Trivia

When Geismar checks Lena's file in the Records archive at Military Government headquarters, he discovers only a note in the folder saying the file has been "sent to Overcast." Operation Overcast was the U.S. Army's 1945 operation to bring German rocket scientists (such as Wernher Von Braun) and their families to America following the end of the war. (It was later re-named Operation Paperclip.) See more »

Goofs

Camera shadow on the prosecutors' uniform at 57:59 into the film. See more »

Quotes

Lena Brandt: You can never really get out of Berlin.
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All the logos appear in black and white, while the Warner Brothers logo appears in the forties old style See more »

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Featured in The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007) See more »

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You're Some Pretty Doll
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Performed by William Marsh, Chris Ross, Johnny Britt and Gary Stockdale
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Excellent story telling in the post World War II tradition of THE THIRD MAN
16 November 2006 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

The best film to evoke the period in recent memory. Blanchett and Clooney lead a strong cast and make a better film than expected from the novel's source material. Archival newsreel footage of 1945 Berlin and black and white cinematography put to very effective use. Toby McGuire as a self-serving, mean spirited weasel shows another side of the usually boyish charmer. Beau Bridges well cast as the US army brass who bears a self-righteous similarity to contemporary military higher-ups who think they have a corner on deciding the right thing to do. Secrets, lies, love and intrigue woven together to form a provocative study of moral ambiguities and tough choices in wartime. Highly recommended.
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