Film

The Good German

2006 · 1h 48m · Drama · Mystery · Romance

If war is Hell, then what comes after?

IMDb

6.0

Rotten Tomatoes

34%

Metacritic

49

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.

George Clooney

Jake Geismar

Cate Blanchett

Lena Brandt

Tobey Maguire

Tully

Beau Bridges

Colonel Muller

Tony Curran

Danny

Leland Orser

Bernie Teitel

Jack Thompson

Congressman Breimer

Robin Weigert

Hannelore

Ravil Isyanov

General Sikorsky

Christian Oliver

Emil Brandt

Dave Power

Lieutenant Schaeffer

Don Pugsley

Gunther

Dominic Comperatore

Levi

John Roeder

Gunther

J. Paul Boehmer

British Press Aide

Igor Korošec

Russian Soldier

• Steven SoderberghEditor · Director of Photography · Director
• Paul AttanasioScreenplay
• Joseph KanonNovel
• Ben CosgroveProducer
• Gregory JacobsProducer
• Ben WaisbrenExecutive Producer
• Frederic W. BrostExecutive Producer
• Thomas NewmanOriginal Music Composer
• Debra ZaneCasting

The Good German - Official Trailer

Release date

December 15, 2006

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 48m

Rated

R

Budget

$32,000,000

Revenue

$5,914,908

Genres

Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, War

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