The Good German
“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.
Genres
Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, War
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Good German performed
Budget
$32.0M
Worldwide Gross
$5.9M
Gross Profit
−$26.1M
Return
0.2× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$852K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Jake Geismar
George Clooney
Jake Geismar
Lena Brandt
Cate Blanchett
Lena Brandt
Tully
Tobey Maguire
Tully
Colonel Muller
Beau Bridges
Colonel Muller
Danny
Tony Curran
Danny
Bernie Teitel
Leland Orser
Bernie Teitel
Congressman Breimer
Jack Thompson
Congressman Breimer
Hannelore
Robin Weigert
Hannelore
General Sikorsky
Ravil Isyanov
General Sikorsky
Emil Brandt
Christian Oliver
Emil Brandt
Lieutenant Schaeffer
Dave Power
Lieutenant Schaeffer
Gunther
Don Pugsley
Gunther
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