Shining Through (1992)
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36% of critics liked it
(14 reviews) -
70% of users liked it
(5,373 ratings)
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… More 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. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Directed By
- David Seltzer
- Written By
- David Seltzer
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Romance, Mystery & Suspense
- In Theaters
- Jan 31, 1992 Wide
- Studio
- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Pete Croatto, Filmcritic.com
fails as an espionage thriller, but also as a romance
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Bob Bloom, Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
Griffith as an American spy posing as a German during WWII. Gimme a break!!!
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Clint Morris, Moviehole
The word 'bore' comes to mind
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Cast
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Michael Douglas
as Ed Leland
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Melanie Griffith
as Linda Voss
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Liam Neeson
as Franze-Otto Dietrich
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Joely Richardson
as Margrete Von Eberstien
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John Gielgud
as Sunflower
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Francis V. Guinan Jr.
as Andrew Berringer
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Patrick Winczewski
as Fishmonger
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Sheila Allen
as Olga Leiner
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Stanley Beard
as Linda's Father
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Jay Benedict
as Wisecracker in War Room
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Andrzej Borkowski
as German Refugee
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Mathieu Carriere
as Von Haefler
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Simon de Deney
as S.S. Man
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Fritz Eggert
as German Soldier
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Constanze Engelbrecht
as Stayson Von Neest
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Peter Flechtner
as S.S. Officer at Fishmonger
- John Forristal
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Rob Freeman
as 2nd GI in Canteen
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Michael Gempart
as Man at Kinderstrasse
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Dana Gladstone
as Street Agitator
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Ludwig Haas
as Adolf Hitler
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Deirdre Harrison
as USO Singer
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Alexander Hauff
as S.S. Officer at Fishmonger
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Wolfgang Heger
as Bus Conductor Kinderstrasse
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William Hope
as Kernohan
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Martin Hoppe
as German Soldier
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Hansi Jochmann
as Hedda Drescher
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Wolf Kahler
as Border Commandant
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Lorelei King
as Leland's New Secretary
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Markus Kissling
as Swiss Border Guard
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Thomas Kretschmann
as Man at Zurich Station
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Janis Martin
as Opera Singer
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Wolfe Morris
as Male Translator
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Klaus Munster
as Cab Driver
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Markus Napier
as S.S. Officer
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Roland Nitschke
as Horst Drescher
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Lisa Orgolini
as Girl in Canteen
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Claus Plankers
as S.S. Officer at Fishmonger
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Hana-Maria Pravda
as Babysitter
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Suzanne Roquette
as Woman Dinner Guest at Drescher's
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Victoria Shalet
as Dietrich's Daughter
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Tusse Silberg
as Woman Dinner Guest at Drescher's
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Sylvia Syms
as Linda's Mother
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Hans Martin Stier
as Truck Driver
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Anna Tzelniker
as Cleaning Woman
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Clement von Franckenstein
as BBC Interviewer
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Lorinne Vozoff
as Personnel Director
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Anthony Walters
as Dietrich's Son
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Lutz Weillich
as Train Station Guard
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Nigel Whitmey
as 1st GI in Canteen
- Simone Reynolds
- Barbara Cohen
- Mary Gail Artz
