The read
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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.
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
Stills
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Themes
berlin, germanychauffeurcorruptionlove of one's lifenaziwar correspondentalliesblack markettruthmissilemurderblack and white