The Good German
If war is Hell, then what comes after?
Overview
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.
Fun facts
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Nominations
Nominated for the Oscar for Best Original Score (2007)
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Box office
Grossed $5.91M worldwide against a $32M budget
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Filming locations
Filmed in Long Beach
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Setting
Set in Berlin
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Music
Music by Thomas Newman
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Steven Soderbergh
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Paul AttanasioScreenplay
- Joseph KanonNovel
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 15, 2006
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $32M
- Revenue
- $5.9M
- Countries
- United States of America
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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
Dominic ComperatoreLevi- John RoederGunther
J. Paul BoehmerBritish Press Aide
Igor KorošecRussian Soldier
Boris KievskyRussian Soldier- Vladimir KulikovRussian Soldier
- Yevgeniy NarovlyanskiyRussian Soldier
- Aleksandr SountsovRussian Soldier
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