An American journalist arrives in Berlin just after the end of World War Two. He becomes involved in a murder mystery surrounding a dead GI who washes up at a lakeside mansion during the Potsdam negotiations between the Allied powers. Soon his investigation connects with his search for his married pre-war German lover.

George Clooney
as Jake Geismar

Cate Blanchett
as Lena Brandt

Tobey Maguire
as Tully

Beau Bridges
as Colonel Muller

Tony Curran
as Danny

Leland Orser
as Bernie Teitel

Jack Thompson
as Congressman Breimer

Robin Weigert
as Hannelore

Ravil Isyanov
as General Sikorsky

Christian Oliver
as Emil Brandt