Talk:The Good German

The 'Good German'
Is it really as clear as the article suggests who the good German was supposed to be? At one point, Dora describes herself as the good German (when she was explaining that she set out to save her husband). Throughout the film, there is an impression given that, after the war, there was a general attempt to distinguish the good germans from the bad, without there being much of a straightforward way to do that. Maybe the film is deliberately meant to be ambiguous on this point? C d h 13:55, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Mittelbau-Dora/Mittelwerk
I have not seen this film, but there appears to be a bit of confusion here- this may or may not be present in the film itself. The Mittelwerk was the actual V2 production plant. By the time the tunnels were complete and production began, no prisoners were housed there. The actual camps were known as Mittelbau-Dora. --Gadget850 ( Ed) 10:59, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

The third man
I think it is worthy to mention that this movie has a lot of similarities with The third man in terms of cinematography and in the plot. It is the main influence, along with Casablanca. Nazroon 15:01, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Agreed. Black Market dealings, Cold War intrigue, underground sewers/waterways, and one American who's desperately trying to locate another (who doesn't want to be found). A mysterious woman who seems to hold the key to the missing man's whereabouts..., etc. Even the scene where the kid tells Clooney about the river currents seems an homage to Welles and the 3rd Man. C d h 13:48, 12 October 2007 (UTC)


 * ... And when she is about to fly off in the Dakota, once expects either "here's looking at you kid" or "this could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship"! Arrivisto (talk) 22:07, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

Aspect Ratio
The page said the film used a "more modern wide screen ratio" in its theatrical release. While the the theatrical print was 1.85:1, the picture was windowboxed to 1.66:1. Icorrected the passage. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.237.116.31 (talk) 02:22, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Good german.jpg
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 * This issue appears to have been resolved. Aderksen (talk) 03:09, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

Shot in color or black and white?
This article states both that it was shot in color - and in black and white. The opening description describes it as filmed in black and white, and the production describes it as having been shot in color, but then digitall muted to black and white. It'd be great if someone could resolve this with some citations - or perhaps the header text needs to say "presented in black and white"? Aderksen (talk) 03:09, 21 February 2009 (UTC)


 * The post-production didn't make the footage look any "grainier". The picture is crisp and sharp (in fact sharper and cleaner than the archival footage used in it, as well as not flickering). What they did was crush the whites and use some black diffusion, in order to achieve the look of 1940s/'50s film footage, an xth generation print of the time, and/or an old telecine. --79.193.53.160 (talk) 08:31, 24 February 2012 (UTC)


 * This seems to be answering some other question. JohndanR (talk) 07:09, 21 November 2015 (UTC)