Spirited New Yorker Linda Voss goes to work for international lawyer and secret Office of Strategic Services operative Ed Leland just before World War II. As they fall in love, the United States enters the fight against Hitler, and Linda volunteers to work for Ed spying undercover behind Nazi lines. Assigned to uncover information about a German bomb, Linda also has personal motives to fulfill: discovering the fate of her Jewish family members in Berlin.
Costume
Griffith's parade of questionable 1940s glamour.
Acting
Liam Neeson somehow committed to this.
Director
David Seltzer
Michael Douglas
Ed Leland
Melanie Griffith
Linda Voss
Liam Neeson
Franze-Otto Dietrich
Joely Richardson
Margrete Von Eberstein
John Gielgud
Sunflower
Hansi Jochmann
Hedda Drescher
Mathieu Carrière
Von Haefler
Thomas Kretschmann
Mann in Zürich
Constanze Engelbrecht
Stafson Von Neest
Hans Martin Stier
Taxifahrer
Michael Gempart
Mann in der Kinderstrasse
Anthony Walters
Dietrich's Son
Francis Guinan
Andrew Berringer
Patrick Winczewski
Fishmonger
Victoria Shalet
Dietrich's Daughter
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Griffith spent months learning German and Yiddish, then the film buried most of it under her signature vocal affect.
The novel's author Susan Isaacs hated the adaptation so much she wrote a whole essay about Hollywood mangling Jewish heroines into generic shiksas.
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