Shining Through (1992)

Director:

David Seltzer

Writers (WGA):

Susan Isaacs (novel)
David Seltzer (screenplay)

Release Date:

31 January 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Thriller | Drama | Romance | War

Tagline:

He needed to trust her with his secret. She had to trust him with her life.

Plot Keywords:

1940s | Nudity | Black Stockings | Translator | Nazi

Awards:

3 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Michael Douglas	...	Ed Leland
Melanie Griffith	...	Linda Voss
Liam Neeson	...	Franze-Otto Dietrich
Joely Richardson	...	Margrete Von Eberstein
John Gielgud	...	Sunflower
Francis Guinan	...	Andrew Berringer
Patrick Winczewski	...	Fishmonger
Anthony Walters	...	Dietrich's Son
Victoria Shalet	...	Dietrich's Daughter
Sheila Allen	...	Olga Leiner, Margrete's Mother
Stanley Beard	...	Linda's Father
Sylvia Syms	...	Linda's Mother
Ronald Nitschke	...	Horst Drescher
Hansi Jochmann	...	Hedda Drescher
Peter Flechtner	...	S.S. Officer at Fish Market
Alexander Hauff	...	S.S. Officer at Fish Market
Claus Plankers	...	S.S. Officer at Fish Market
Renate Cyll	...	Woman in Fish Market
Dana Gladstone	...	Street Agitator
Lorinne Vozoff	...	Personnel Director
Mathieu Carrière	...	Von Haefler (as Mathieu Carriere)
Deirdre Harrison	...	USO Singer
Wolf Kahler	...	Border Commandant
Wolfe Morris	...	Male Translator
William Hope	...	Kernohan
Nigel Whitmey	...	1st G.I. in Canteen
Rob Freeman	...	2nd G.I. in Canteen
Lisa Orgolini	...	Girl in Canteen
Jay Benedict	...	Wisecracker in War Room
Thomas Kretschmann	...	Man at Zurich Station
Klaus Münster	...	Cab Driver (as Klaus Munster)
Markus Napier	...	S.S. Officer
Constanze Engelbrecht	...	Stafson Von Neest
Martin Hoppe	...	German Soldier
Fritz Eggert	...	German Soldier
Ludwig Haas	...	Hitler
Clement von Franckenstein	...	BBC Interviewer (as Clement Von Franckenstein)
Lorelei King	...	Leland's New Secretary
Hans Martin Stier	...	Truck Driver
Wolfgang Heger	...	Bus Conductor, Kinderstrasse
Michael Gempart	...	Man at Kinderstrasse
Hana Maria Pravda	...	Babysitter
Lutz Weillich	...	Train Station Guard
Wolfgang Müller	...	Bus Conductor (as Wolfgang W. Muller)
Markus Kissling	...	Swiss Border Guard
Anna Tzelniker	...	Cleaning Woman
Andrzej Borkowski	...	German Refugee (as Andrzej Borkowdki)
Simon De Deney	...	S.S. Man
Tusse Silberg	...	Woman Dinner Guest at Drescher's
Suzanne Roquette	...	Woman Dinner Guest at Drescher's
Janis Martin	...	Opera Singer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Roy Alon	...	Cook (uncredited)
Steve Emerson	...	Baker (Runover) (uncredited)
Mary Ann Schmidt	...	Women's Air Force 'WAF' Dancer (uncredited)

Directed by
David Seltzer

Writing credits (WGA)
Susan Isaacs		(novel)
David Seltzer		(screenplay)

Produced by
Carol Baum	....	producer
Sandy Gallin	....	executive producer
Howard Rosenman	....	producer
David Seltzer	....	executive producer
Nigel Wooll	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Michael Kamen

Cinematography by
Jan de Bont		(director of photography) (as Jan De Bont)

Film Editing by
Craig McKay

Casting by
Mary Gail Artz
Barbara Cohen
Simone Reynolds

Production Design by
Anthony Pratt

Art Direction by
Desmond Crowe
Kevin Phipps

Set Decoration by
Peter Howitt

Costume Design by
Marit Allen

Makeup Department
Elaine Bowerbank	....	assistant hair stylist
John Caglione Jr.	....	character aging makeup: Mr. Douglas
John Caglione Jr.	....	character aging makeup: Ms. Griffith
Tricia Cameron	....	chief hair stylist
Naomi Donne	....	chief makeup artist
Doug Drexler	....	character aging makeup: Mr. Douglas
Doug Drexler	....	character aging makeup: Ms. Griffith
Victor Leitenbauer	....	hair stylist: Germany
Victor Leitenbauer	....	makeup artist: Germany
Medusah	....	hair stylist: Ms. Griffith
Marianne Müller	....	hair stylist: Germany (as Marianne Muller)
Marianne Müller	....	makeup artist: Germany (as Marianne Muller)
Valli O'Reilly	....	makeup artist: Ms. Griffith
Norma Webb	....	assistant makeup artist
Axel Zornow	....	hair stylist: Germany
Axel Zornow	....	makeup artist: Germany
Jake Garber	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)

Production Management
JoAnn M. Laub	....	post-production supervisor
Denise O'Dell	....	production supervisor
Arno Ortmair	....	production supervisor: Austria
Kathy Sykes	....	production manager
Ingrid Windisch	....	production supervisor: Germany
Jeanne Van Cott	....	executive production manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jan Sebastian Ballhaus	....	third assistant director: Germany
Stefan Diepenbrock	....	second assistant director: Germany
Sabine Eckhard	....	second assistant director: Austria
Don French	....	first assistant director
Steve Harding	....	assistant director: second unit
Ian Hickinbotham	....	second assistant director
Peter MacDonald	....	second unit director
Golli Marboe	....	second assistant director: Austria
Steve Millson	....	third assistant director
Susanne Schläpfer	....	second assistant director: Germany
Julian Wall	....	second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Terry Apsey	....	construction manager
Bruce Bigg	....	property master
Peter Bigg	....	dressing props
Colin Burgess	....	stand-by propman
Graham Caulfield	....	supervising draper
Bill Dady	....	stand-by stagehand
Stephen Dobric	....	draughtsman (as Steven Dobric)
Martin Dörfler	....	art director: Austria (as Martin Dorfler)
Judy Farr	....	buyer
Michael Fechner	....	property master: Germany
Fritz Hollergschwandtner	....	construction chief: Austria
Rudolf Hummel	....	property assistant: Austria (as Rudolph Hummel)
Rudolf Hummel	....	property buyer: Austria (as Rudolph Hummel)
Danny Hunter	....	chargehand stand-by propman
Derek Ixer	....	dressing props
Michael King	....	construction buyer
Martin Kingsley	....	dressing props
Albrecht Konrad	....	art director: Germany (as Konrad Albrecht)
Renate Korn	....	assistant art director: Austria
Renate Korn	....	set dresser: Austria
John Mcgregor	....	supervising carpenter (as John McGregor)
John New	....	head carpenter
Ron Newvell	....	head rigger
Werner Otto	....	property buyer: Austria
Werner Otto	....	property master: Austria
Jeff Reid	....	stand-by carpenter
Reg Richards	....	supervising carpenter (as Reginald Richards)
Ray Rose	....	chargehand propman
Ray Rose	....	chargehand storeman
Peter Russell	....	draughtsman
Olaf Schiefner	....	set dresser: Germany
James Stachini	....	head stagehand
Adrian Start	....	head painter
Don Taylor	....	head plasterer
Melissa Taylor	....	art department runner
Michael Tonke	....	property buyer: Germany
Bradley Torbett	....	dressing props
Kevin Wheeler	....	dressing props
Emma Harrison	....	scenic artist (uncredited)
Robin Heinson	....	stand-by painter (uncredited)
Philipp Hübner	....	carpenter (uncredited)
Marcus Schmidt	....	carpenter (uncredited)
Mark White	....	construction (uncredited)

Sound Department
Don Banks	....	boom operator
Ron Bochar	....	sound designer
Patricia Bowers	....	adr editor (as Trissy Bowers)
Kam Chan	....	assistant sound editor
Bob Chefalas	....	additional sound re-recording mixer
Laura Civiello	....	dialogue editor
Marko A. Costanzo	....	foley artist (as Marko Constanzo)
Dan Edelstein	....	assistant adr editor
Chris Fielder	....	assistant sound editor
Tom Fleischman	....	sound re-recording mixer
Chris Houghton	....	apprentice sound editor
Kristen M. Johnson	....	adr apprentice editor (as Kristen Johnson)
Frank Kern	....	foley editor
Hal Levinsohn	....	adr editor
Stuart Levy	....	assistant sound editor
David Motta	....	sound maintenance
Douglas Murray	....	sound re-recordist
Eliza Paley	....	foley editor
Bruce Pross	....	foley supervisor
Fred Rosenberg	....	dialogue editor
Ivan Sharrock	....	sound mixer
Sean Squires	....	sound re-recordist
Jeffrey Stern	....	dialogue editor
Steven Visscher	....	foley editor
Deborah Wallach	....	supervising adr editor

Special Effects by
Richard Conway	....	special effects supervisor
Bob Hollow	....	special effects foreman
Richard Richtsfeld	....	effects man: Austria
Adolf Wojtinek	....	special effects assistant: Germany
Dave Eltham	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
Michael Luppino	....	armourer assistant (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Janos Pilenyi	....	optical effects supervisor (as Janos O. Pilenyi)

Stunts
Helen Caldwell	....	stunts
Tom Delmar	....	stunts (as Tom Delmare)
Sarah Franzl	....	stunts
Gerd Grzesczak	....	stunts
Paul Heasman	....	stunts
Sy Hollands	....	stunts (as Sy Holland)
Eddie Kidd	....	stunts
Tim Lawrence	....	stunts (as Timothy Lawrence)
Sean McCabe	....	stunts
Greg Powell	....	stunt coordinator
Wojtek Prygel	....	stunts (as Wojtek Prygiel)
Lee Sheward	....	stunts
Tip Tipping	....	stunts (as Timothy 'Tip' Tipping)

Camera and Electrical Department
Mike Bartlett	....	Steadicam operator
John J. Campbell	....	camera operator: Germany second unit (as John Campbell)
Terry Chapman	....	key grip
Peter De Bont	....	camera operator
Chuck Finch	....	gaffer
Alan Grosch	....	generator operator
Graham Hall	....	clapper loader
Keith Hamshere	....	still photographer
Bill Henshaw	....	stand-by rigger
Simon Hume	....	focus puller
Billy Merrell	....	best boy
Carlos Melville	....	electrician (uncredited)

Casting Department
Risa Kes	....	casting: Germany
Marlie Pumperla	....	crowd casting: Germany (as Marlies Pumperla)
Julia Steinweg	....	crowd casting: Germany

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Rosemary Burrows	....	costume supervisor
Maria Dimler	....	wardrobe mistress: Germany
Constanze Donath	....	wardrobe mistress: Germany
Alan Flyng	....	wardrobe master
Juschka Friedemann	....	wardrobe mistress
Jenny Hawkins	....	wardrobe mistress
Philip Rainforth	....	wardrobe master: military wardrobe
Claire Smith	....	wardrobe mistress
Claudia Szonnell	....	wardrobe mistress: Germany
Ingrid Weiss	....	wardrobe mistress: Germany
Pat Williamson	....	dresser: Ms. Griffith

Editorial Department
Scott Bokun	....	apprentice editor
Gary Burritt	....	negative matcher
Marc Cohen	....	apprentice editor
Jennifer Davidoff Cook	....	apprentice editor (as Jennifer A. Davidoff)
Nigel Cox-Hagan	....	apprentice editor
Donnamarie Hock	....	second assistant editor
Kelly Irvine	....	second assistant editor
Andrew MacRitchie	....	second assistant editor
Dennis McNeill	....	color timer
Colleen Sharp	....	associate editor
Paul Topping	....	apprentice editor
Behruz Torbati	....	apprentice editor
Debra C. Victoroff	....	first assistant editor
Karen Zweig	....	editing room intern

Music Department
Arnold Black	....	orchestrator
Christopher Brooks	....	music coordinator
Vince Caro	....	scoring crew (as Vincent Caro)
Vince Caro	....	scoring crew
Emile Charlap	....	musicians' contractor
Joseph S. DeBeasi	....	supervising music editor (as Joseph S. Debeasi)
Homer Denison	....	orchestrator
Nick Ingman	....	orchestrator
Pierre Kahn	....	assistant music editor
Michael Kamen	....	orchestrator
Sonny Kompanek	....	orchestrator
Major Little	....	scoring crew
Stephen McLaughlin	....	music recordist
Patrick Mullins	....	additional music editor
Albert Lloyd Olson	....	orchestrator (as Albert Olson)
Sandy Palmer	....	scoring crew
Jonathan Sacks	....	orchestrator
Ed Shearmur	....	orchestrator
Danny Troob	....	orchestrator
Stephen McLaughlin	....	music mixer (uncredited)
John Moses	....	musician: clarinetist (uncredited)
William Ross	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Roy Clarke	....	unit driver
Chris Evert	....	transportation coordinator: Germany
Detlef Krejci	....	transportation captain: Austria (as Krejci Detlef)
Dave Manning	....	unit driver
Gerhard Schluger	....	driver: Austria
Billy Turner	....	unit driver
Axel Hübner	....	production driver (uncredited)

Other crew
Sally Arbiter	....	assistant: Mr. Wooll
Will Baum	....	production assistant: Germany
Christoph Bicker	....	accountant: Germany
Arie Bohrer	....	unit location manager: Austria
May Capsaski	....	production coordinator: Austria (as May Capsakis)
Diane Christian	....	assistant accountant
Carl Duering	....	dialogue coach
Richard Dunmore	....	location manager
Esther Eimerl	....	assistant accountant: Germany
Laura Fox	....	production secretary
Jenny Geddes	....	assistant: Mr. Seltzer, Europe
Brian Gibbs	....	production accountant
Nicole Haevecker	....	assistant location manager: Germany
Deborah Harding	....	production coordinator
Tarn Harper	....	assistant production accountant
Robb Hastigan	....	post-production auditor
Lin Hempling	....	assistant: Ms. Baum and Ms. Rosenman
Laura Hintelmann	....	production associate
Jürgen Hölzel	....	assistant location manager: Germany (as Jurgen Holzel)
Bernard Jaffe	....	language advisor: German
Irma Jaffe	....	language advisor: German
Sally Jones	....	script supervisor
Holger Krenz	....	assistant location manager: Germany
Andy Lang	....	assistant location manager: Austria
Deborah Leakey	....	assistant production accountant (as Debbie Leakey)
Karl-Martin Lotsch	....	assistant location manager: Germany (as Karl-Martin Lutsch)
George Marshall	....	production accountant
Carol McQuillan	....	assistant accountant
Kati Meister	....	supervisor: film research
Karin C. Müller	....	production secretary (as Karin C. Muller)
Rachel Neale	....	location manager
Andrea Ortmair	....	production assistant: Austria
Hannes Patry	....	cashier: Austria
Rosie Piggott	....	assistant: Mr. Wooll
Helga Ploiner	....	production accountant: Austria (as Helga Ploiner-Patry)
Reid Rosefelt	....	publicist
Gunther Ross	....	unit location manager: Germany
Gabi Scheiger	....	production coordinator: Germany (as Gabriele Scheiger)
Gerhard Schluger	....	production runner: Austria
Heinz Werner Schneider	....	location manager: Germany (as Heinz Werner)
Jonathan Shestack	....	development executive: Sandollar
Amanda Stevens	....	production runner
Lee Tucker	....	preview supervisor
Barbara von Wrangell	....	location manager: Germany (as Barbara Von Wrangell)
Sue Wall	....	assistant production accountant
Chris Wheeldon	....	location manager
Gerd Feuchter	....	weapons (uncredited)
Paul Killick	....	choreographer (uncredited)
Suzanne Rose	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Jon Sperry	....	dialect coach (uncredited)
Beverly Winston	....	script supervisor (uncredited)
Eric C. Wood	....	assistant to production supervisor: Germany (uncredited)

Thanks
John Horton	....	special thanks (as John E. Horton)
Raymond G. Smith	....	special thanks
Scott Thaler	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (as Twentieth Century Fox) (presents)
• Sandollar Productions
• Peter V. Miller Investment Corp.

Distributors

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (1992) (USA) (theatrical)
• Fox Film (1992) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox of Germany (1992) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Manuel Salvador (1992) (Spain) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (1992) (UK) (theatrical)
• Finnkino (1992) (Finland) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (1992) (France) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Netherlands (1992) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox de Argentina (1992) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (Brazil) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Abril Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• ETD Home Video (1993) (USA) (VHS)
• Fox Video (1993) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Fox Video (1995) (USA) (VHS)
• Oy Europa Vision AB (1992) (Finland) (VHS)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (1999) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2001) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Special Effects

• R/Greenberg Associates (optical effects)

Other Companies

• Pinewood Studios  movie studio
• Archive Films  film clips and photographs
• Berman's and Nathan's  costumes
• Bettman Archives  film clips and photographs
• C-5  foley design
• C-5  sound effects
• C.S.  sound effects and foley design
• CBS Radio Archives  film clips and photographs
• Cosprop  costumes: UK
• Culver Archives Inc.  film clips and photographs
• D & D International Locations  transport supplies (as D & D Location Facilities)
• David Sharp's Totally Looped Group  vocal effects
• DeLuxe Laboratories  prints
• Defa-Kostumpunous  costumes: Berlin
• Film Fundus Walkenhorst GmbH, Berlin  costumes: Berlin (as Filmfundus Walkenhorst)
• Fox Movietone News  film clips and photographs (as Fox Movietonews)
• Franz Kroll & Co.  freight agents: Germany
• Gernot Gurth  crowd casting agency
• Grip House  grip equipment
• Kodak  film
• Lee Lighting  grip and lighting equipment
• Location Caterers  catering: UK
• Milan Records  music licensing by (as Milan America, Inc.)
• Milan Records  soundtrack: rest of the world (as Milan)
• Morris Angel & Son Ltd.  costumes: UK (as Morris Angels)
• Panavision  cameras and lenses
• People of Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Austria  thanks
• Producer's Library Service  film clips and photographs
• R/Greenberg Associates  titles and opticals
• RCA Records  soundtrack: US & Canada
• Rafael Hosteleria Internacional S.A.  catering: Europe
• Rank Film Laboratories  color
• Renown Freight  freight agents: UK
• Sound One Corporation  post-production facilities
• Theaterkunst GmbH  costumes: Berlin
• Turner Entertainment  clip from "The Mortal Storm" provided by (as Turner Entertainment Co.)
• Twentieth Century Fox  presents
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation  copyright (as Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation)
• Victor Musical Industries  soundtrack: Japan (as JVC Victor Musicals Industries, Inc.=)
• Vrablicz & Co.  freight agents: Austria
• Wrablitz & Co.  freight agents

Runtime:

132 min

Country:

USA | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color (Rankcolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby SR (35 mm prints)

Certification:

USA:R (certificate no. 31366) | Iceland:12 | Netherlands:12 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Finland:K-12 | Germany:16 | Singapore:M18 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Austria

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

Many of the Nazi SS men in the movie were US soldiers from the Berlin Brigade.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Right after Pearl Harbor, Linda's narration says that Ed Leland's real identity as a member of the O.S.S. was revealed when he appeared in uniform. The O.S.S. did not exist before Pearl Harbor and was not officially founded by Donovan and Roosevelt until June of 1942. Ed Leland would have worked for any number of government agencies coordinating intelligence info prior to the war, not Donovan. And Donovan himself didn't enter the intelligence game until Roosevelt made him Coordinator of Information in July 1941.

Quotes:

Ed Leland: [she lights a cigarette] When did start smoking?
Linda Voss: I don't know.
Ed Leland: That was a silly thing to do, don't you think?
Linda Voss: I'm a silly girl. Ed. I think you're living proof of that.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Gynaikes dilitirio (1993)

Soundtrack:

Goodnight Sweetheart

Great Romance!!

I loved this movie. I saw it for the first time when I was 21, and I've watched it several times a year ever since. Melanie Griffith gives one of the best performances of her career, and Michael Douglas is, of course, wonderful. Although this movie is presented as a action/drama set in WWII, the romantic story is what makes this movie so powerful. Griffith and Douglas have great, believable chemistry. The set decoration and cinematography are a throwback to the old 40's movies, which is ironic because those movies are mentioned throughout the film (Griffith's character is a huge fan of war movies that were shown at that time.) If you like great romantic stories with just enough action thrown in, watch this one. You will not be disappointed.