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The Good German
2006
While in post-war Berlin to cover the Potsdam Conference, an American military journalist is drawn into a murder investigation which involves his former mistress and his driver. Read more
| Starring | Cate Blanchett, George Clooney, Beau Bridges, Dominic Comperatore |
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| Director | Steven Soderbergh |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller |
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The Good German
While in post-war Berlin to cover the Potsdam Conference, an American military journalist is drawn into a murder investigation which involves his former mistress and his driver.
| Starring | Cate Blanchett, George Clooney, Beau Bridges, Dominic Comperatore, Tobey Maguire |
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| Director | Steven Soderbergh |
| Studio | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 45 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: English, Arabic, Hebrew |
| Released | Production year: 2006 To Rent: DVD: 05 Nov 2007 |
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It vividly recreates the soundstage artifice of Warner Bros' wartime noirs -- replete with melodramatic dynamics but minus the restrictive gentility of 1940s Hollywood
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- Sight and Sound
- 26 Mar 2011 at 01:29
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Gripping
I have always been pretty impressed with Soderbergh (ain’t seen Ocean’s 12 so don’t hold that statement against me, please); I think Clooney has ... read more »
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- 11 Mar 2007 at 12:01
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No Schindler's List but good all the same
This is a great war film. I really enjoyed the twists and turns of this film and I would highly recommend this to anyone who enjoys a war film. No Schindler'... read more »
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- 26 Nov 2011 at 20:06
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Berlin at its worst
A film made in black and white as part of the immediate post war sense of lost hope and daily grind. Its real effect was a depressive boredom and a feel that ... read more »
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Passable but not straightforward
A film that isn’t all that it seems. I was expecting a straight forward detective story but what I got was a film about obsession. This worked in parts but... read more »
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Maguire joins Clooney for The Good German
- 22 Apr 2005
Tobey Maguire has been confirmed as the latest A-list star to join the cast of Steven Soderbergh's latest film The Good German. The actor, best known for his lead role in the Spider-Man movies, will play a soldier in post-war Berlin, alongside George Clooney and Cate Blanchett. The Good German is the latest offering from Soderbergh, and, as director of Ocean's Eleven and Ocean's Twelve, he is no stranger to working with former ER heart-throb Clooney. Cate Blanchett, fresh from her role in The... Read more
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