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A Balasaur Score of 52 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 34%, Metacritic 49/100. Most of the 3,250 2000s drama movies in this catalog score higher.
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.
Ratings
IMDb6/10
Rotten Tomatoes34%
Metacritic49/100
365 audience votes
Key crew
- Steven SoderberghDirector
- Paul AttanasioScreenplay
- Thomas NewmanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- George ClooneyJake Geismar
- Cate BlanchettLena Brandt
- Tobey MaguireTully
- Beau BridgesColonel Muller
- Tony CurranDanny
- Leland OrserBernie Teitel
- Jack ThompsonCongressman Breimer
- Robin WeigertHannelore
- Ravil IsyanovGeneral Sikorsky
- Christian OliverEmil Brandt
- Dave PowerLieutenant Schaeffer
- Don PugsleyGunther
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Themes
berlin, germanychauffeurcorruptionlove of one's lifenaziwar correspondentalliesblack markettruthmissilemurderblack and white