The Good German
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| The Good German | |
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 Movie poster for The Good German |
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| Directed by | Steven Soderbergh |
| Produced by | Ben Cosgrove Gregory Jacobs Steven Soderbergh |
| Written by | Joseph Kanon (Novel) Paul Attanasio (screenplay) |
| Starring | George Clooney Cate Blanchett Tobey Maguire |
| Music by | Thomas Newman |
| Cinematography | Steven Soderbergh as Peter Andrews |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
| Release date(s) | December 8, 2006 |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
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The Good German is a 2006 film directed by Steven Soderbergh and shot in black and white. It is the feature film adaptation of a novel by Joseph Kanon and stars George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, and Tobey Maguire.
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[edit] Plot
An American journalist (Clooney) arrives in Berlin just after the end of World War II. 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 (Blanchett).
[edit] Cast
| Principal Cast & Characters | |
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| George Clooney | as Jake Geismar |
| Cate Blanchett | as Lena Brandt |
| Tobey Maguire | as Tully |
| Tony Curran | as Danny |
| Leland Orser | as Bernie Teitel |
[edit] Trivia
- The movie poster is a homage to a poster for Casablanca, a classic Warner Bros. film featuring Humphrey Bogart.
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