If war is Hell, then what comes after?
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.
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Grave, nostalgic, bleak and meticulous.
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- warmbleak
- rawmeticulous
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- George ClooneyJake Geismar
- Cate BlanchettLena Brandt
- Tobey MaguireTully
- Beau BridgesColonel Muller
- Tony CurranDanny
- Leland OrserBernie Teitel
- Jack ThompsonCongressman Breimer
- Robin WeigertHannelore
- Ravil IsyanovGeneral Sikorsky
- Christian OliverEmil Brandt
Crew
- Steven SoderberghDirector
- Paul AttanasioScreenplay
- Joseph KanonNovel
- Steven SoderberghDirector of Photography
- Thomas NewmanOriginal Music Composer
- Steven SoderberghEditor
- Gregory JacobsProducer
- Ben CosgroveProducer
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