The Imitation Game
2014 · History · Drama
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Film / 1992
Shining Through
Directed by
David Seltzer
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Michael DouglasEd Leland
Melanie GriffithLinda Voss
Liam NeesonFranze-Otto Dietrich
Joely RichardsonMargrete Von Eberstein
John GielgudSunflower
Hansi JochmannHedda Drescher
Mathieu CarrièreVon Haefler
Thomas KretschmannMann in Zürich
Constanze EngelbrechtStafson Von Neest
Hans Martin StierTaxifahrer
Michael GempartMann in der Kinderstrasse
Anthony WaltersDietrich's Son
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Francis GuinanAndrew Berringer
Patrick WinczewskiFishmonger
Victoria ShaletDietrich's Daughter
Sheila AllenOlga Leiner, Margrete's Mother
Stanley BeardLinda's Father
Sylvia SymsLinda's Mother
Ronald NitschkeHorst Drescher
Peter FlechtnerS.S. Officer at Fish Market
Alexander HauffS.S. Officer at Fish Market
Renate CyllWoman in Fish Market
Dana GladstoneStreet Agitator
Lorinne VozoffPersonnel Director
Deirdre HarrisonUSO Singer
Wolf KahlerBorder Commandant
Wolfe MorrisMale Translator
William HopeKernohan
Nigel Whitmey1st G.I. in Canteen
Rob Freeman2nd G.I. in Canteen
Lisa OrgoliniGirl in Canteen
Jay BenedictWisecracker in War Room
Klaus MünsterCab Driver
Markus NapierS.S. Officer
Martin HoppeGerman Soldier
Fritz EggertGerman Soldier
Ludwig HaasHitler
Clement von FranckensteinBBC Interviewer
Lorelei KingLeland's New Secretary
Hana Maria PravdaBabysitter
Markus KisslingSwiss Border Guard
Anna TzelnikerCleaning Woman
Andrzej BorkowskiGerman Refugee
Simon De DeneyS.S. Man
Tusse SilbergWoman Dinner Guest at Drescher's
Suzanne RoquetteWoman Dinner Guest at Drescher's
Roy AlonCook (uncredited)
Juliet AubreyBrunette at Dance (uncredited)
Lucien MorganJock (uncredited)
Mary Ann SchmidtWomen's Air Force Dancer (uncredited)
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