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Shining Through
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.
1992 · Directed by David Seltzer · 132 min · Drama · Romance · Thriller · War · 10 frames
Tagline
He needed to trust her with his secret. She had to trust him with her life.
Crew
- Screenplay: David Seltzer
- Cinematography: Jan de Bont
- Edited by: Craig McKay
- Music: Michael Kamen
- Production design: Anthony Pratt
- Produced by: Carol Baum, Howard Rosenman
Cast
- Michael Douglas as Ed Leland
- Melanie Griffith as Linda Voss
- Liam Neeson as Franze-Otto Dietrich
- Joely Richardson as Margrete Von Eberstein
- John Gielgud as Sunflower
- Hansi Jochmann as Hedda Drescher
- Mathieu Carrière as Von Haefler
- Thomas Kretschmann as Mann in Zürich
- Constanze Engelbrecht as Stafson Von Neest
- Hans Martin Stier as Taxifahrer
Production
- Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Peter V. Miller Investment Corp., Sandollar Productions, 20th Century Fox
- Budget: $35,000,000
- Box office: $43,800,000
- Themes: based on novel or book, nazi, germany, double agent
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