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  2. In the film, Emil Brandt is a former SS officer who had been the secretary of Franz Bettmann, Chief Production Engineer of the V-2 rocket at concentration camp Mittelbau-Dora / Mittelwerk. (Bettmann is only a minor character in the film; he appears to be based on the real Arthur Rudolph.)

  3. What is the plot of The Good German? While in post-war Berlin to cover the Potsdam Conference, an American military journalist is drawn into a murder investigation that involves his former mistress and his driver.

  4. The Good German: Directed by Steven Soderbergh. With George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, Tobey Maguire, Beau Bridges. While in post-war Berlin to cover the Potsdam Conference, an American military journalist is drawn into a murder investigation that involves his former mistress and his driver.

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    • Drama, Mystery, Romance
    • Steven Soderbergh
    • 2007-01-19
  5. Mar 5, 2007 · Germany, 1945. As the world powers gather in Berlin to draw a new map of Europe, military journalist Captain Jake Geismer (George Clooney) finds himself embroiled in a complicated murder...

    • It's A Great Tribute to Classical Cinema
    • The Unusual Performances from Great Actors
    • The Vintage Filmmaking Techniques

    Considering the World War II setting, the post-war themes, the complex relationship at the heart of the story, and the level of movie star talent that Soderbergh attracted for the film, it’s evident that The Good German was imagined to be a tribute and reflection upon Casablanca. Casablanca was actually released amidst the beginning of World War II...

    Clooney is one of the greatest actors of his generation; in an odd way, his popularity as a public figure and celebrity has almost blinded casual audiences from how talented he actually is. While Clooney has always shown his range, Soderbergh helped him restart his career in the aftermath of the failure of Batman & Robin. With Out of Sight, Ocean’s...

    While some films attempt to emulate classical cinema through tributes, Soderbergh actually put work into using similar techniques in order to truly understand what it would have been like making a film during an older period of time. Soderbergh shot The Good Germanon the Universal Studios’ backlot in order to reflect the budget constraints of the 1...

    • Liam Gaughan
  6. The Good German on DVD May 22, 2007 starring George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, Tobey Maguire. A U.S. journalist returns to Berlin after the second World War to find his mistress, only to become embroiled in a murder.

  7. Sep 30, 2001 · The Good German is a story of espionage, love, and murder, and extraordinary re-creation of a city devastated by war, and a thriller that asks the most profound ethical questions in its exploration of the nature of justice and what we mean by good and evil in times of peace and war.

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