Shining Through

Shining Through

132 mins | Drama, Thriller, Romance, War | Jan. 31, 1992

Spirited New Yorker Linda Voss goes to work for international lawyer and secret Office of Strategic Services operative Ed Leland just before World War II. As they fall in love, the United States enters the fight against Hitler, and Linda volunteers to work for Ed spying undercover behind Nazi lines. Assigned to uncover information about a German bomb, Linda also has personal motives to fulfill: discovering the fate of her Jewish family members in Berlin.

Shining Through

132 mins | Drama, Thriller, Romance, War | Jan. 31, 1992

Shining Through
Spirited New Yorker Linda Voss goes to work for international lawyer and secret Office of Strategic Services operative Ed Leland just before World War II. As they fall in love, the United States enters the fight against Hitler, and Linda volunteers to work for Ed spying undercover behind Nazi lines. Assigned to uncover information about a German bomb, Linda also has personal motives to fulfill: discovering the fate of her Jewish family members in Berlin.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers 20th Century Fox, Sandollar Productions, Peter V. Miller Investment Corp.
Original title Shining Through
Directors Sally Jones, David Seltzer
Writers Susan Isaacs, David Seltzer

Cast

Michael Douglas

as Ed Leland

Melanie Griffith

as Linda Voss

Liam Neeson

as Franze-Otto Dietrich

Joely Richardson

as Margrete Von Eberstein

John Gielgud

as Sunflower

Hansi Jochmann

as Hedda Drescher

Mathieu Carrière

as Von Haefler

Thomas Kretschmann

as Mann in Zürich

Constanze Engelbrecht

as Stafson Von Neest

Hans Martin Stier

as Taxifahrer / Truck Driver

Michael Gempart

as Mann in der Kinderstrasse

Anthony Walters

as Dietrich's Son

Francis Guinan

as Andrew Berringer

Patrick Winczewski

as Fishmonger

Victoria Shalet

as Dietrich's Daughter

Sheila Allen

as Olga Leiner, Margrete's Mother

Stanley Beard

as Linda's Father

Sylvia Syms

as Linda's Mother

Ronald Nitschke

as Horst Drescher

Peter Flechtner

as S.S. Officer at Fish Market

Alexander Hauff

as S.S. Officer at Fish Market

Renate Cyll

as Woman in Fish Market

Dana Gladstone

as Street Agitator

Lorinne Vozoff

as Personnel Director

Deirdre Harrison

as USO Singer

Wolf Kahler

as Border Commandant

Wolfe Morris

as Male Translator

William Hope

as Kernohan

Nigel Whitmey

as 1st G.I. in Canteen

Rob Freeman

as 2nd G.I. in Canteen

Lisa Orgolini

as Girl in Canteen

Jay Benedict

as Wisecracker in War Room

Klaus Münster

as Cab Driver

Markus Napier

as S.S. Officer

Martin Hoppe

as German Soldier

Fritz Eggert

as German Soldier

Ludwig Haas

as Hitler

Clement von Franckenstein

as BBC Interviewer

Lorelei King

as Leland's New Secretary

Hana Maria Pravda

as Babysitter

Markus Kissling

as Swiss Border Guard

Anna Tzelniker

as Cleaning Woman

Andrzej Borkowski

as German Refugee

Simon De Deney

as S.S. Man

Tusse Silberg

as Woman Dinner Guest at Drescher's

Suzanne Roquette

as Woman Dinner Guest at Drescher's

Roy Alon

as Cook (uncredited)

Juliet Aubrey

as Brunette at Dance (uncredited)

Lucien Morgan

as Jock (uncredited)

Mary Ann Schmidt

as Women's Air Force Dancer (uncredited)