Shining Through

Shining Through

Director: David Seltzer Cast: Michael Douglas
Michael Douglas
, Melanie Griffith
Melanie Griffith
, Liam Neeson
Liam Neeson
, Joely Richardson
Joely Richardson
David Seltzer
Shining Through

Shining Through

Director: David Seltzer Cast: Michael Douglas
Michael Douglas
, Melanie Griffith
Melanie Griffith
, Liam Neeson
Liam Neeson
, Joely Richardson
Joely Richardson
David Seltzer

DVD (Wide Screen / Repackaged)

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Overview

"Kewpie-doll voiced Melanie Griffith does a sexed-up Nancy Drew turn in David Seltzer's adaptation of Susan Issacs' novel Shining Through. Set during World war II, Griffith plays Linda Voss, a spunky New York girl who applies for a job with international lawyer Ed Leland (Michael Douglas). Ed hires her immediately when he finds out that she speaks German fluently. The reason Ed is so interested in Linda's language skills is because Ed is an undercover OSS officer who needs a German translator. Their business relationship translates into love, but when America enters the war, Ed abandons his law practice to become a full-time spy. Utilizing Linda's charms, she travels to Berlin and infiltrates the Nazis as a domestic to try to discover information about ""a bomb that can fly by itself."" But Linda has personal as well as patriotic motives for agreeing to go undercover, since she has Jewish relatives in Berlin and wants to find out their whereabouts."

Product Details

Release Date: 01/11/2005
UPC: 0024543130901
Original Release: 1992
Rating: R
Source: 20Th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Presentation: [Wide Screen]
Sound: [Dolby Digital Mono, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language: English
Time: 2:12:00
Sales rank: 10,735

Special Features

Closed Caption; [None specified]

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Michael Douglas Ed Leland
Melanie Griffith Linda Voss
Liam Neeson Dietrich
Joely Richardson Margrete
John Gielgud Sunflower
Francis Guinan Berringer
Patrick Winczewski Fishmonger
Anthony Walters Dietrich's Son
Victoria Shalet Dietrich's Daughter
Stanley Beard Linda's Father
Sylvia Syms Linda's Mother
Ronald Nitschke Horst Drescher,Horst Drescher
Hansi Jochmann Hedda Drescher
Peter Flechtner S.S. Officer at Fishmonger
Alexander Hauff S.S. Officer at Fishmonger
Claus Plankers S.S. Officer at Fishmonger
Renate Cyll Woman in Fish Market
Dana Gladstone Street Agitator
Lorinne Vozoff Personnel Director
Mathieu Carriere Von Haefler
Deirdre Harrison USO Singer
Wolf Kahler Border Commandant
Wolfe Morris Male Translator
William Hope Kernohan
Nigel Whitmey 1st GI in Canteen
Rob Freeman 2nd GI in Canteen
Lisa Orgolini Girl in Canteen
Jay Benedict Wisecracker in War Room
Thomas Kretschmann Man at Zurich Station
Klaus Munster Cab Driver
Markus Napier S.S. Officer
Constanze Engelbrecht Stayson Von Neest
Martin Hoppe German Soldier
Fritz Eggert German Soldier
Ludwig Haas Hitler
Clement Von Franckenstein BBC Interviewer
Lorelei King Leland's New Secretary
Hans Martin Stier Truck Driver
Wolfgang Heger Bus Conductor Kinderstrasse
Michael Gempart Man at Kinderstrasse
Hana Maria Pravda Babysitter
Lutz Weillich Train Station Guard
Wolfgang W. Muller Bus Conductor
Markus Kissling Swiss Border Guard
Anna Tzelniker Cleaning Woman
Andrzej Borkowdki German Refugee
Simon DeDeney S.S. Man
Tusse Silberg Woman Dinner Guest at Drescher's
Suzanne Roquette Woman Dinner Guest at Drescher's
Janis Martin Opera Singer
Mary Artz Actor
Andrzej Borkowksi German Refugee
Barbara Cohen Actor
Simone Reynolds Actor
Sheila Allen Olga Leiner
John Forristal Actor
Michael Kamen Composer

Technical Credits
David Seltzer Director,Executive Producer,Producer,Screenwriter
Carol Baum Producer
Sandy Gallin Executive Producer,Producer
Howard Rosenman Producer,Producer
Richard Conway Special Effects
Ivan Sharrock Sound/Sound Designer
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