He needed to trust her with his secret. She had to trust him with her life.
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.
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- unpretentiousprestige
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Cast
- Michael DouglasEd Leland
- Melanie GriffithLinda Voss
- Liam NeesonFranze-Otto Dietrich
- Joely RichardsonMargrete Von Eberstein
- John GielgudSunflower
- Hansi JochmannHedda Drescher
- Mathieu CarrièreVon Haefler
- Thomas KretschmannMann in Zürich
- Constanze EngelbrechtStafson Von Neest
- Hans Martin StierTaxifahrer
Crew
- David SeltzerDirector
- David SeltzerScreenplay
- Susan IsaacsNovel
- Jan de BontDirector of Photography
- Michael KamenOriginal Music Composer
- Craig McKayEditor
- Howard RosenmanProducer
- Carol BaumProducer
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