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The Third Man
Why this pick
Its shadowy, ruined Vienna, divided-power intrigue, and morally slippery investigation share The Good German’s postwar noir atmosphere and classical visual elegance.
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MOVIE2006 1h 48m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Jacob "Jake" Geismer (George Clooney), an American war correspondent for ''The New Republic'', returns to Berlin during the Potsdam Conference between the Allies of World War II after Victory in Europe Day (May 1945) but before Victory over Japan Day (August 1945). Jacob witnesses his murdered driver, a Black marketeering American soldier named Tully (Tobey Maguire), being fished from a river eddy, suspiciously adjacent to the Potsdam conference grounds. The corpse is discovered to be in possession of 50,000 German reichsmarks — which are later revealed to have been printed by the U.S occupying forces.
02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
George Clooney
Jake Geismar
Leland Orser
Bernie Teitel
Beau Bridges
Colonel Muller
Robin Weigert
Hannelore
Christian Oliver
Emil Brandt
Don Pugsley
Gunther
Dominic Comperatore
Levi
Dave Power
Lieutenant Schaeffer