The specific story is fictitious, but it revolves around certain real-life events (and not just World War II).
At the end of World War II, the United States Military did conduct a covert operation, codenamed "Operation Overcast" (later renamed "Operation Paperclip"), whose objective was to retrieve German scientists (and their families), some of whom might otherwise have stood trial for war crimes, and secretly bring them to the United States. This would have been in order to utilize their expertise, while also preventing the Soviet Union, who at the time were in a fierce technological competition with the US, from doing the same.
The scientist character's name in the movie is Emil Brandt, which bears resemblance to a real person named Rudolf Emil H. Brandt. This real-life Brandt was part of the personal staff of the chief of German police (the "SS"), and helped oversee concentration camps and coordinate various scientific experiments, specifically those involving human experimentation. However, the similarity in the names could simply be a coincidence.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Paper_Clip
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Himmler
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Brandt_(Nazi_physician)
http://nuremberg.law.harvard.edu/php/search.php?DI=1&FieldFlag=1&PAuthors=95
At the end of World War II, the United States Military did conduct a covert operation, codenamed "Operation Overcast" (later renamed "Operation Paperclip"), whose objective was to retrieve German scientists (and their families), some of whom might otherwise have stood trial for war crimes, and secretly bring them to the United States. This would have been in order to utilize their expertise, while also preventing the Soviet Union, who at the time were in a fierce technological competition with the US, from doing the same.
The scientist character's name in the movie is Emil Brandt, which bears resemblance to a real person named Rudolf Emil H. Brandt. This real-life Brandt was part of the personal staff of the chief of German police (the "SS"), and helped oversee concentration camps and coordinate various scientific experiments, specifically those involving human experimentation. However, the similarity in the names could simply be a coincidence.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Paper_Clip
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Himmler
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Brandt_(Nazi_physician)
http://nuremberg.law.harvard.edu/php/search.php?DI=1&FieldFlag=1&PAuthors=95
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- How long is The Good German?1 hour and 45 minutes
- When was The Good German released?January 19, 2007
- What is the IMDb rating of The Good German?6 out of 10
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- Who are the characters in The Good German?Jake Geismer, Lena Brandt, Tully, Colonel Muller, Congressman Breimer, Hannelore, Emil Brandt, and Lieutenant Schaeffer
- What is the plot of The Good German?While in post-war Berlin to cover the Potsdam Conference, an American military journalist is drawn into a murder investigation that involves his former mistress and his driver.
- What was the budget for The Good German?$32 million
- How much did The Good German earn at the worldwide box office?$5.91 million
- How much did The Good German earn at the US box office?$1.31 million
- What is The Good German rated?R
- What genre is The Good German?Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, and War
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