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Cast & Crew

David Seltzer
Director
Liam Neeson
As Franze-Otto Dietrich
Michael Douglas
As Ed Leland
John Gielgud
As Sunflower
Thomas Kretschmann
As Mann in Zürich
Mathieu Carrière
As Von Haefler
Melanie Griffith
As Linda Voss
William Hope
As Kernohan

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Shining Through is a romantic espionage thriller set during World War II. Linda Voss (Melanie Griffith), a secretary from Queens, is recruited by her boss and lover, Ed Leland (Michael Douglas), to work as a spy for the US government. She infiltrates the German government by posing as a cook and nanny for a high-ranking Nazi officer, Franze-Otto Dietrich (Liam Neeson), and his family. Her mission is to gather information on the V-1 flying bomb, but she also has a personal motive to find her Jewish family members in Berlin. Ed is worried about Linda's safety and goes to Germany to rescue her, but they soon discover that Linda has been compromised and must escape before it's too late. The film is full of action, suspense, and romance, with a strong female lead and plenty of twists and turns throughout the story.

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Shining Through include All Things Fair, Carla's Song, The Raggedy Rawney, Legends of the Fall, Cows, The Brylcreem Boys.

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Shining Through was released in theaters on January 31, 1992.