The Good German
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Release Date: Friday, December 15th 2006,
Based on the novel by Joseph Kanon, The Good German takes place in the ruins of post-WWII Berlin, where U.S. Army war correspondent Jake Geismar (George Clooney) becomes embroiled with Lena Brandt (Cate Blanchett), a former lover who is trying to escape her past in the aftermath of the war.
Intrigue mounts as Jake tries to uncover the secrets Lena may be hiding in her desperation to get out of Berlin. Tully (Tobey Maguire), a soldier in the American army motor pool assigned to drive Jake around the city, has black market connections that may be Lena’s way out – or lead them all into even darker territory.
Jake soon discovers that it is nearly impossible to unearth the truth in a time and place where people are still reeling from the horrors of the war, desperate to salvage their humanity in the shadow of the often unbearable knowledge of what they did to survive.
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Cast:
George Clooney,
Cate Blanchett,
Tobey Maguire,
Beau Bridges,
Dominic Comperatore,
Tony Curran,
Megan Evanich,
Nicholas Garren,
Robert Gralek,
Tom Hippler,
Erica Hoag,
Ravil Issyanov,
Sten Jacobs,
Brandon Keener,
Boris Kievsky,
Stephen Kirkpatrick,
Igor Korosec,
Vladimir Kulikov,
Gianfranco L'Amore,
David McDivitt,
Caley Oakes-Bisson,
Christian Oliver,
Leland Orser,
Kate Powell,
Dave Power,
Don Pugsley,
Christian Reeve,
Kathleen Rippert,
Mandana Rothschild,
Ashley Sawdaye,
David Saxa,
Jennifer Sims,
Aleksandr Sountsov,
Karen Surabian,
Jack Thompson,
Robin Weigert,
Stephen Wheeler,
Dustin Wilkinson,
David Willis
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