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The Good German(2006)
Status: Released
Date: 2006-12-15
58%
338 Votes
Time: 1h 48m
If war is Hell, then what comes after?
Overview:
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.
Languages: Russian, German, Mandarin, English.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $32,000,000.00
Revenue: $5,914,908.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: The Good German
Top 10 Billed Cast
George Clooney
Jake Geismar
Cate Blanchett
Lena Brandt
Tobey Maguire
Tully
Beau Bridges
Colonel Muller
Tony Curran
Danny
Leland Orser
Bernie Teitel
Jack Thompson
Congressman Breimer
Robin Weigert
Hannelore
Равиль Исьянов
General Sikorsky
Christian Oliver
Emil Brandt
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