The Good German
(2006)
Regisseur:
Steven SoderberghSchauspieler:
Cate Blanchett, George Clooney, Tobey Maguire, Beau Bridges, Tony Curran, Leland Orser, Jack Thompson, Robin Weigert, Ravil Isyanov, Christian Oliver, Dave Power, Don Pugsley, J. Paul Boehmer, Aleksandr Sountsov, Brandon Keener, Dominic ComperatoreKurz nach Kriegsende 1945 soll der amerikanische Militärkorrespondent Jake Geismer (George Clooney) über die Potsdamer Konferenz in Berlin berichten. Mit Fahrer Tully (Tobey Maguire) im Schlepptau sucht er aber auch nach seiner Ex-Geliebten Lena Brandt (Cate Blanchett), deren untergetauchter Mann Emil (Christian Oliver) von den Besatzungsmächten gesucht wird. Ein Mordfall bringt alle Beteiligten schnell in Lebensgefahr. Denn Colonel Muller (Beau Bridges) und andere Alliierte wollen das Verbrechen vertuschen.
In Schwarzweiß gedrehter romantischer Thriller im ausgebombten Berlin, mit dem Steven Soderbergh ("Ocean's Eleven") Graham-Greene-Terrain betritt. Sein Lieblingsstar George Clooney gerät zwischen Schwarzmarkt, Mordmystery und Spionage in die Schusslinie.
An American journalist played by George Clooney 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 played by Cate Blanchett.
An American journalist played by George Clooney 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 played by Cate Blanchett.