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The Good German

Actor(s): George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, Tobey Maguire, Beau Bridges, Tony Curran
Director(s): Steven Soderbergh
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Movie Details

MPAA Rating: R
Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Situations, Profanity, Sexual Situations
Movie Release: 2006
DVD Release: 05/22/2007
Format: DVD - Black and White
Edition: Dual Layered
Audio Tracks: English, French, Spanish
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Run Time: 1 hrs 48 mins
Studio: Warner Home Video
Total Copies: 20
Genres: Drama, Mystery, Period Film, War Drama

DVD Synopsis

A U.S. Army war correspondent is drawn into a deadly mystery in post-war Berlin as he seeks out his wartime mistress in this adaptation of author Joseph Kanon's best-selling novel. The war is over, and Jake Geismar (George Clooney) is an American journalist assigned the task of covering the peace in Berlin -- but he was once lovers with a mysterious woman named Lena Brandt (Cate Blanchett). Lena is a lady with many secrets to hide, however, and now that the fighting has ceased, she has every intention of burying her sins and escaping her dark past. As Jake searches for Lena in war-torn Berlin with the assistance of American Army motor pool driver Tully (Tobey Maguire), the complex web of deceit woven by the desperate woman soon leads all three into the black market, which could prove either the ticket to Lena's ultimate escape or the downfall of both her and her pursuers. Filmed entirely in the style of such Hollywood classics as Casablanca, The Good German was shot by director Steven Soderbergh (under the pseudonym Peter Andrews) using 1940s era lenses, sound-recording techniques, and a decidedly less-mobile camera. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

Actors

George Clooney - Jake Geismer
Cate Blanchett - Lena Brandt
Tobey Maguire - Tully
Beau Bridges - Colonel Muller
Tony Curran - Danny

Member Movie Reviews

Frank E. (realartist) from HENDERSONVLLE, NC wrote on 7/20/2009...

If you are fond of superbly well done period pieces, this one will not disappoint. I am becoming more and more of a fan of George Clooney - I have now seen in a number of period pieces. He will wind up being one of THE great actors of our generation. No matter what role, serious or comedic, he handles them all so beautifully. Kate Banchett's performance is a show stopper too, as you might guess. Some of us were young when news of WWII was seen at the movie theaters by way of "Movietone News" clips...this captures the high contrast black and white photography of that era, with marvelous, continuous excellent composition. It will remind many of the classic "Casablanca" with Ingrid Bergman and Humphry Bogart..and it would seem quite influenced by that great movie in subtle, but not obvious ways. George can also be seen in another period piece, while we're on the subject, and you want to see more..."Leatherheads". That on is almost a faded technicolor cartoon strip, rather than a movie.
He plays magnificently off Renee Zelweger. She seems to delight in, and take on female roles requiring a kick to the groin wicked witch. Watch the movie to for see yourself if George can even come close to taming that god awful shrew- a perverse characature of now tiresome, emasculating, off with their heads get the h__ out of my feminist.
And once you get toughened up to that, then you might be ready for the woman who holds the world title in mean-ness..Tilda Swinton - who played the wicked witch in Narnia..only this time she plays the stone cold B in "Burn After Reading" with George Clooney...boy he keeps getting paired with these women, huh? I guess he attracts these kinds of women ( joke )