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The Good German

The Good German

Dec 15, 2006
108 min
DramaMysteryRomanceThrillerWar
5.8/ 10
331 votes

Overview

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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TMDB
5.8/10
331 votes
IMDB
6.0/10
26,248 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
34%
Tomatometer
Metacritic
M
49/100
Metascore

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Performance & Recognition

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Box Office & Budget

Budget$32,000,000Production cost
Box Office$5,914,908Worldwide gross
Profit-$26,085,092Loss
ROI
-81.5%Return on investment
US Box Office$1,308,696Domestic earnings

Awards & Nominations

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 3 wins & 5 nominations total

Details

Production information

"If war is Hell, then what comes after?"

Status

Released

Original Language

en

Budget

$32,000,000

Revenue

$5,914,908

Production Companies

Warner Bros. PicturesVirtual StudiosSection Eight

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