The Good German (2006)

5.3	Listal rating
6.1	IMDB rating

Drama (5), Mystery (5), Thriller (4), 2006 (3), Black & White (3), 2000s (3), War (3), Berlin (3), World War II (2), Film-noir (2), Bar (1), Hospital (1), {drama 25} (1), Film Noir (1), Movie Theater (1), AXXo (1), Nazi (1), Prostitute (1), 80s 90s 00s (1), Murder (1)

Description

Berlin, July, 1945. Journalist Jake Geismer arrives to cover the Potsdam conference, issued a captain's uniform for easier passage. He also wants to find Lena, an old flame who's now a prostitute desperate to get out of Berlin. He discovers that the driver he's assigned, a cheerful down-home sadist named Corporal Tully, is Lena's keeper. When the b ... (more)

Directed by

Steven Soderbergh

Starring (View all) :

Congressman Breimer

General

Jake Geismer

Tully

Lena Brandt

Levi

Lieutenant Schaeffer

Danny

General Sikorsky

British Press Aide

Written by (View all) :

Paul Attanasio

(screenplay)

Joseph Kanon

(novel)

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5.3/10
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doudouce55

disappointed

Posted : 2 years, 5 months ago at Jun 10 5:08

I had high expectations for this film, considering the great cast. However, I was disappointed in their melodramatic acting and in the trite, dull and clichéd script itself. If you're writing a script that's a homage to the 1940s, shouldn't the scriptwriter stick to that particular style? The use of F words and nudity (not a needed scene) was not the best idea, and actually called for disappointment already. What saved the movie was: - that it was shot in black and white, with no microphones, - its colorful score, - and its storyline (albeit weakly developed and confusing at times). Captain Jake Geismar (George Clooney) is in Berlin to cover the Potsdam Conference in post-World War II Germany, but he is dragged into a murder investigation involving his former mistress Lena (Cate B...Read more

Rating : 4/10

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