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Director:
David Seltzer
Writers (WGA):
Susan Isaacs (novel)
David Seltzer (screenplay)
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Release Date:
31 January 1992 (USA) more
Genre:
Thriller | Drama | Romance | War more
Tagline:
He needed to trust her with his secret. She had to trust him with her life.
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Awards:
3 wins & 2 nominations more
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Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)

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)
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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)
 
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
 
Crew believed to be complete


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Runtime:
132 min
Country:
USA | UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Rankcolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
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 more
Company:
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Many of the Nazi SS men in the movie were US soldiers from the Berlin Brigade. more
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. more
Quotes:
Franze-Otto Dietrich: [from car to Linda Voss who is walking alone and has just been fired by Horst Drescher] It's me, ze zoup.
[points to his chest where Linda Voss had spilled soup on him earlier during the dinner]
Franze-Otto Dietrich: He dismissed you?
Linda Voss: Yes
Franze-Otto Dietrich: Ze doves were raw.
Linda Voss: I had no time, I arrived at 6:00.
Franze-Otto Dietrich: [talking to Linda Voss about Horst Drescher and the dinner of raw dove] He ate ze whole thing to pwove it was edible.
[laughs]
Franze-Otto Dietrich: You should have seen him. Pompous little ass. Eating a raw bird.
[shakes his head]
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Gynaikes dilitirio (1993) more
Soundtrack:
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Romance worth a second look!, 21 April 2004
Author: HealerRae from San Diego

I love this film! I know it is widely panned by critics and movie-goers alike, but I love it. Sure, it has implausible elements in the story, but the relationship between Ed Leland (played stoically by Michael Douglas) and his lady love, Linda Voss (played seductively by Melanie Griffith) is thrilling. Joely Richardson plays a complicated character who provides some interesting plot points. Melanie, who isn't known for subtlety, gives a rich and layered performance, especially in the development of the romantic storyline. Michael Douglas is a bit over the top, playing the stolid soldier and unlikely spy to the hilt. Liam Neeson is amazingly handsome and charismatic -- despite playing for the other side as a top Nazi officer. It's a fun recreation of the 1940s romance-war-spy dramas -- exciting and definitely romantic. Romance is the focus of this drama, not the spy plot. Watch the relationships unfold and it won't disappoint. It's worth a second look by many. Give it another try!

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