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The Good German is a 2006 American neo-noir drama film directed by Steven Soderbergh, who also served as the director of photography and film editor. The screenplay was written by Paul Attanasio, with music composed by Thomas Newman. The production was handled by Warner Bros. Entertainment, Gregory Jacobs, Virtual Studios, and Section Eight. The film stars George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, Tobey Maguire, and Beau Bridges.
Set in Berlin during the Cold War, the movie was filmed in Long Beach and presented in black-and-white. Its runtime is listed as 108 minutes on TMDb and 105 minutes on IMDb. The film was released on December 15, 2006, and distributed by Warner Bros. Entertainment and Netflix. It has a budget of 32,000,000 and generated 5,914,908 in revenue. The Good German was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score.
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5.8An 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.
Cast
- George Clooney as Jake Geismar
- Cate Blanchett as Lena Brandt
- Tobey Maguire as Tully
- Beau Bridges as Colonel Muller
- Tony Curran as Danny
- Leland Orser as Bernie Teitel
Themes
- berlin, germany
- chauffeur
- corruption
- love of one's life
- nazi
- war correspondent
- allies
- black market
- truth
- missile
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- war film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- Cold War
- Creator
- Steven Soderbergh
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Director
- Steven Soderbergh
- Screenwriter
- Paul Attanasio
- Composer
- Thomas Newman
- Producer
- Gregory Jacobs
- Cinematographer
- Steven Soderbergh
- Narrative location
- Berlin
- Filming location
- Long Beach
- Duration
- 108
- FilmAffinity ID
- 526867
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- thegoodgerman.warnerbros.com
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- publication date
- 2007-03-01
- film editor
- Steven Soderbergh
- title
- The Good German
- color
- black-and-white
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Original Score
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 49/100
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