Backdrop

Shining Through

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.

1992 |2h 12m |  Drama, Romance, Thriller, War

Videos

Cast

cast

Michael Douglas

Ed Leland

cast

Melanie Griffith

Linda Voss

cast

Liam Neeson

Franze-Otto Dietrich

cast

Joely Richardson

Margrete Von Eberstein

cast

John Gielgud

Sunflower

cast

Hansi Jochmann

Hedda Drescher

cast

Mathieu Carrière

Von Haefler

cast

Thomas Kretschmann

Mann in Zürich

cast

Constanze Engelbrecht

Stafson Von Neest

cast

Hans Martin Stier

Taxifahrer

cast

Michael Gempart

Mann in der Kinderstrasse

cast

Anthony Walters

Dietrich's Son

cast

Francis Guinan

Andrew Berringer

cast

Patrick Winczewski

Fishmonger

cast

Victoria Shalet

Dietrich's Daughter

cast

Sheila Allen

Olga Leiner, Margrete's Mother

cast

Sylvia Syms

Linda's Mother

cast

Ronald Nitschke

Horst Drescher

cast

Peter Flechtner

S.S. Officer at Fish Market

cast

Alexander Hauff

S.S. Officer at Fish Market

cast

Dana Gladstone

Street Agitator

cast

Wolf Kahler

Border Commandant

cast

William Hope

Kernohan

cast

Nigel Whitmey

1st G.I. in Canteen

cast

Rob Freeman

2nd G.I. in Canteen

cast

Lisa Orgolini

Girl in Canteen

cast

Jay Benedict

Wisecracker in War Room

cast

Klaus Münster

Cab Driver

cast

Markus Napier

S.S. Officer

cast

Ludwig Haas

Hitler

cast

Clement von Franckenstein

BBC Interviewer

cast

Lorelei King

Leland's New Secretary

cast

Hans Martin Stier

Truck Driver

cast

Andrzej Borkowski

German Refugee

cast

Tusse Silberg

Woman Dinner Guest at Drescher's

cast

Suzanne Roquette

Woman Dinner Guest at Drescher's

cast

Juliet Aubrey

Brunette at Dance (uncredited)

cast

Mary Ann Schmidt

Women's Air Force Dancer (uncredited)

More Details

Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

$35,000,000.00

Revenue

$43,800,000.00