Some movies have english subtitles embedded within the movie itself. In the finest tradition of some of our most celebrated films of all time, the good german, is destined to join their ranks as a classic and timeless tale of lies, love, intrigue, political and. Everything you need to know about the good german movie. A thoughtful, complex film, the good german is steven soderberghs latest expansion of stylistic and thematic boundaries. Shot in black and white, this film noir thriller is a tribute to classic movies of the 1940s such as casablanca. The good german 2007 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. More lewdly, tobey maguire, who plays tully, one of those smiling sadists of the type once played by dan duryea, helps the film earn its r rating. In the first sitting of 2020, german films distribution support awards committee decided to support 31 foreign theatrical releases of german films. So here is an updated list of more than 30 films in german some from austria or switzerland rated highly by me, by various film critics, and film web sites. The locale is a 1945 berlin that is every bit as sleazy and corrupt as bogies 1942 north african town. Our movie poll was limited to only ten films, and some of the films listed below were not available on dvd or video at the time of our survey. But hayness film honoured its original with real passion and it stood up on its own terms. Steven soderbergh is a double agent of a film director, shuttling between arthouse and multiplex.
The good german is a tribute to the old hollywood classics like casablanca, which is the movie that this film tries so hard to emulate. The good german on dvd may 22, 2007 starring george clooney, cate blanchett, tobey maguire. The great films explore everything from claustrophobic submarine warfare to expressionistic visions of the future, from angelic dreams of immortality to a certain mischievious dwarf. The entire movie is filmed in glistening black and white, and its very hard to distinguish it from a movie that was made 60 years ago. Maybe steven soderberghs 2006 film, the good german, was. Fatih akins breakout film headon was the first german movie in 18 years to win the golden bear at the berlin international film festival, and its success was an important stepping stone in the rise of german auteur cinema. Clooney and soderbergh coproduced todd haynes brilliant douglas sirk updatepastiche far from.
It doesnt matter if you were with nico from the beginning or havent even seen him. As he tells ryan gilbey, he has plenty of bruises to show. Based on the wellregarded joseph kanon novel, this film stars a distracted, emotionally detached george clooney as jake geismer, an. Shot in black and white, the movie focuses on the moral and political dilemmas emerging from the potsdam peace conference, where, an epigraph asserts, harry truman, winston churchill, and josef stalin gathered to draw the postwar map. Wherever you may be in the world, chances are you only hear about german films after theyve received an oscar nod, like blockbusters good bye, lenin. The good german takes place in the ruins of postwwii berlin, where u. Geismar becomes entwined in both the mystery of his murdered driver and the clandestine search by both soviet and american forces for the missing german emil brandt christian oliver. To mark the occasion of the release of the germanproduced futuro beach made by brazilian filmmaker karim ainouz, we have named our top ten german gay movies 1 futuro beach. Almanya, a rare feelgood movie about turkish immigrants in germany which premiered at the berlin film festival on saturday, defies recent political declarations that multiculturalism has failed.
Run lola run lola rennt 1998 if you want to travel to berlin and want to get a taste of the berlinerisch dialect, this film might be the right one for you. The good german is rated r under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. The film won the top prize at the 2004 berlin film festival. George clooney stars as jake geismer, a worldweary. The deathmaker romuald karmakar, 1995 in the venerable tradition of the german kammerspiel, the whole movie takes place in the interrogation room of a high security prison. Mitch if you want to buy good scores from thomas newman, you cant go wrong with shawshank redemption, road to perdition, meet joe black, little women. The plot, too, is a constant reminder of the bogartbergman classic. The good german, the novel by joseph kanon, is a firstclass thriller that makes some serious points. Shot in blackandwhite to evoke the atmosphere of an early studio film, it tells the story of a reporter clooney covering the potsdam conference during world war ii while trying to trace an old paramour cate blanchett. With george clooney, cate blanchett, tobey maguire, beau bridges. Lists apursansars german film canon new german cinema, by apursansar weimar cinema by apursansar apursansars top 50 german films of the 21st century by apursansar third reich. Blanchett and clooney lead a strong cast and make a better film than expected from the novels source material.
The film includes some gun violence and fisticuffs, a little sex and a. The german language film industry is actually quite contrary to the norm, if you compare it to other film industries throughout europe. With the simple stories from nicos weg you learn german by the way. Kanon presents the struggle for german rocket scientists, americans versus russians, with both sides desperate to enhance their own postwar technology and neither concerned about the nazi past and practices of the men they are seeking. Director steven soderbergh and his leading man, george clooney, have cooked up a monumentally misjudged, selfregarding and emptily. The good german 2006 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Im also a firm advocate of showing german films in the classroom. The good german original theatrical trailer youtube. The good german is culpably feeble and detached, especially considering that the original was released in 1942, and conceived far earlier. He becomes more involved in both mysteries as his investigation intersects with his search for lena brandt cate blanchett, a german jew and emils wife with whom geismar had been in a relationship prior to the war. Born in germany to turkish parents, akin often focuses on topics around ethnic identity and has thus become a spokesperson for secondgeneration immigrants in germany. Its a really good movie and also has an interesting message. Since it produced one of the worlds first ever explicitly gay films called different from the others back in 1919, germany has been at the forefront of making really good lgbt movies. Feelgood german film says multiculturalism not dead reuters.
The german film weekend at regent street cinema london 2123 september 2018. A beautifully flawed experiment, the good german is an entertaining if unbalanced war drama that places modern cinema mores on a classic style of american film when the hayes code would never. While in postwar berlin to cover the potsdam conference, an american military journalist is drawn into a murder investigation which involves his former mistress and his driver. The good german tries to bring back the feel of the old hollywood movies of the 1940s, but it doesnt have any real appreciation for them. The good german is a thrilling historical mystery, with a gripping underlying psychological exploration. The best film to evoke the period in recent memory. There are five different stages of the german film industry that comprise its entire history, if we assume 1915 as a reasonable beginning for a film industry. The good german is haunting and hypnotic, its pure moviegoing. Books and movies are different animals, and a fan is naive to think that the strengths of one can always be translated into the other. It also is really more like the dark film noirs made after world war ii where positive american values and heroes are no match for the harsh realities of an immoral world. The good german is haunting and hypnotic, its pure moviegoing bliss peter travers, rolling. The good german, the movie by steven soderbergh, isnt and doesnt. Steven soderbergh directs three of todays top talents in this zigzag thriller thats both an atmospheric homage to 1940s filmmaking and a deft modern film noir.