Shining Through

6.5

132 minutes

1/31/1992

Overview

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.

Cast List

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
Michael Gempart
as Mann in der Kinderstrasse
Anthony Walters
as Dietrich's Son
Francis Guinan
as Andrew Berringer
Patrick Winczewski
as Fishmonger
Victoria Shalet
as Dietrich's Daughter
Sheila Allen
as Olga Leiner, Margrete's Mother
Stanley Beard
as Linda's Father
Sylvia Syms
as Linda's Mother
Ronald Nitschke
as Horst Drescher
Peter Flechtner
as S.S. Officer at Fish Market
Alexander Hauff
as S.S. Officer at Fish Market
Renate Cyll
as Woman in Fish Market
Dana Gladstone
as Street Agitator
Lorinne Vozoff
as Personnel Director
Deirdre Harrison
as USO Singer
Wolf Kahler
as Border Commandant
Wolfe Morris
as Male Translator
William Hope
as Kernohan
Nigel Whitmey
as 1st G.I. in Canteen
Rob Freeman
as 2nd G.I. in Canteen
Lisa Orgolini
as Girl in Canteen
Jay Benedict
as Wisecracker in War Room
Klaus Münster
as Cab Driver
Markus Napier
as S.S. Officer
Martin Hoppe
as German Soldier
Fritz Eggert
as German Soldier
Ludwig Haas
as Hitler
Clement von Franckenstein
as BBC Interviewer
Lorelei King
as Leland's New Secretary
Hans Martin Stier
as Truck Driver
Hana Maria Pravda
as Babysitter
Markus Kissling
as Swiss Border Guard
Anna Tzelniker
as Cleaning Woman
Andrzej Borkowski
as German Refugee
Simon De Deney
as S.S. Man
Tusse Silberg
as Woman Dinner Guest at Drescher's
Suzanne Roquette
as Woman Dinner Guest at Drescher's
Roy Alon
as Cook (uncredited)
Juliet Aubrey
as Brunette at Dance (uncredited)
Lucien Morgan
as Jock (uncredited)
Mary Ann Schmidt
as Women's Air Force Dancer (uncredited)