Shining Through (1992)
- Starring:
- Michael Douglas, Melanie Griffith, (more)
- Director(s):
- David Seltzer
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Shining Through
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
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 132 mins
Complete Cast of Shining Through
- Michael Douglas - Ed Leland
- Liam Neeson - Franze-Otto Dietrich
- John Gielgud - Sunflower
- Patrick Winczewski - Fishmonger
- Stanley Beard - Linda's Father
- Andrzej Borkowski - German Refugee
- Simon de Deney - S.S. Man
- Constanze Engelbrecht - Stayson Von Neest
- John Forristal
- Michael Gempart - Man at Kinderstrasse
- Tusse Silberg - Woman Dinner Guest at Drescher's
- Suzanne Roquette - Woman Dinner Guest at Drescher's
- Claus Plankers - S.S. Officer at Fishmonger
- Roland Nitschke - Horst Drescher
- Mary Gail Artz
- Simone Reynolds
- Lutz Weillich - Train Station Guard
- Lorinne Vozoff - Personnel Director
- Anna Tzelniker - Cleaning Woman
- Klaus Munster - Cab Driver
- Janis Martin - Opera Singer
- Markus Kissling - Swiss Border Guard
- Wolf Kahler - Border Commandant
- Martin Hoppe - German Soldier
- Wolfgang Heger - Bus Conductor Kinderstrasse
- Deirdre Harrison - USO Singer
- Dana Gladstone - Street Agitator
- Melanie Griffith - Linda Voss
- Joely Richardson - Margrete Von Eberstien
- Francis V. Guinan, Jr. - Andrew Berringer
- Sheila Allen - Olga Leiner
- Jay Benedict - Wisecracker in War Room
- Mathieu Carrière - Von Haefler
- Fritz Eggert - German Soldier
- Peter Flechtner - S.S. Officer at Fishmonger
- Rob Freeman - 2nd GI in Canteen
- Sylvia Syms - Linda's Mother
- Victoria Shalet - Dietrich's Daughter
- Hana-Maria Pravda - Babysitter
- Lisa Orgolini - Girl in Canteen
- Markus Napier - S.S. Officer
- Barbara Cohen
- Nigel Whitmey - 1st GI in Canteen
- Anthony Walters - Dietrich's Son
- Clement Von Franckenstein - BBC Interviewer
- Hans-Martin Stier - Truck Driver
- Wolfe Morris - Male Translator
- Thomas Kretschmann - Man at Zurich Station
- Lorelei King - Leland's New Secretary
- Hansi Jochmann - Hedda Drescher
- William Hope - Kernohan
- Alexander Hauff - S.S. Officer at Fishmonger
- Ludwig Haas - Adolf Hitler
- Director(s):
- David Seltzer
- Writer(s):
- David Seltzer
- Producer(s):
- Sandy Gallin, David Seltzer, Zvi Howard Rosenman
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Adult Situations, Violence, Profanity, Nudity, Questionable for Children)
- Categories:
- Romance, Action / Adventure
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