Plot
Berlin, July 1945. Journalist Jake Geismer arrives to cover the Potsdam conference and issued a captain's uniform for easier passage. He also wants to find Lena, an old flame who's now a prostitute desperate to get out of Berlin. He discovers that the driver he's assigned, a cheerful down-home sadist named Corporal Tully, is Lena's keeper. When the body of a murdered man washes up in Potsdam (within the Russian sector), Jake may be the only person who wants to solve the crime: U.S. personnel are busy finding Nazis to bring to trial, the Russians and the Americans are looking for German rocket scientists, and Lena has her own secrets.
Written by
Paul Attanasio, Joseph Kanon
Directed by
Steven Soderbergh
Crew
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Section Eight, Warner Bros. Pictures, Sunset Gower Studios
Languages
Deutsch, English
Awards
Nominated for 1 Oscar. 3 wins & 5 nominations total