The Good German

The Good German

108 mins | Drama, Thriller, War, Mystery | Dec. 8, 2006

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.

The Good German

108 mins | Drama, Thriller, War, Mystery | Dec. 8, 2006

The Good German
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.
IMDb rating 6.0
Producers Section Eight, Warner Bros. Pictures, Sunset Gower Studios
Original title The Good German
Directors Trey Batchelor, Gregory Jacobs, Steven Soderbergh
Writers Paul Attanasio, Joseph Kanon

Cast

George Clooney

as Jake Geismar

Cate Blanchett

as Lena Brandt

Tobey Maguire

as Tully

Beau Bridges

as Colonel Muller

Tony Curran

as Danny

Leland Orser

as Bernie Teitel

Jack Thompson

as Congressman Breimer

Robin Weigert

as Hannelore

Ravil Isyanov

as General Sikorsky

Christian Oliver

as Emil Brandt

Dave Power

as Lieutenant Schaeffer

Don Pugsley

as Gunther

John Roeder

as Gunther

J. Paul Boehmer

as British Press Aide

Igor Korosec

as Russian Soldier

Boris Kievsky

as Russian Soldier

Vladimir Kulikov

as Russian Soldier

Yevgeniy Narovlyanskiy

as Russian Soldier

Aleksandr Sountsov

as Russian Soldier

Dean Misch

as German Boy

Justin Misch

as German Boy

Tom Cummins

as British Interviewer

Brandon Keener

as Clerk

Gian Franco Tordi

as The Butcher

David Willis

as Franz Bettmann

Alexandra Carter

as German Woman (uncredited)

Paul Edney

as WWII U.S. Army Officer (uncredited)

Megan Evanich

as Dancer (uncredited)

Alec Gray

as German Boy (uncredited)

Zvonimir Hace

as Russian Soldier (uncredited)

Sten Jacobs

as Soldier (uncredited)

Dmitriy Karpov

as Soviet Officer (uncredited)

Ian Novotny

as Russian Soldier (uncredited)

Spiro Papas

as Russian Soldier (uncredited)

Patrick Tatten

as Political Attache (uncredited)

Stephen Wheeler

as Russian Military Police Officer (uncredited)