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Contents 1 The 'Good German' 2 Mittelbau-Dora/Mittelwerk 3 The third man 4 Aspect Ratio 5 Fair use rationale for Image:Good german.jpg

[edit] The 'Good German'

Is it really as clear as the article suggests who the good German was supposed to be? At one point, Dora describes herself as the good German (when she was explaining that she set out to save her husband). Throughout the film, there is an impression given that, after the war, there was a general attempt to distinguish the good germans from the bad, without there being much of a straightforward way to do that. Maybe the film is deliberately meant to be ambiguous on this point? C d h 13:55, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mittelbau-Dora/Mittelwerk

I have not seen this film, but there appears to be a bit of confusion here- this may or may not be present in the film itself. The Mittelwerk was the actual V2 production plant. By the time the tunnels were complete and production began, no prisoners were housed there. The actual camps were known as Mittelbau-Dora. --Gadget850 ( Ed) 10:59, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The third man

I think it is worthy to mention that this movie has a lot of similarities with The third man in terms of cinematography and in the plot. It is the main influence, along with Casablanca. Nazroon 15:01, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Agreed. Black Market dealings, Cold War intrigue, underground sewers/waterways, and one American who's desperately trying to locate another (who doesn't want to be found). A mysterious woman who seems to hold the key to the missing man's whereabouts..., etc. Even the scene where the kid tells Clooney about the river currents seems an homage to Welles and the 3rd Man. C d h 13:48, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Aspect Ratio

The page said the film used a "more modern wide screen ratio" in its theatrical release. While the the theatrical print was 1.85:1, the picture was windowboxed to 1.66:1. Icorrected the passage. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.237.116.31 (talk) 02:22, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Good german.jpg

Image:Good german.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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BetacommandBot (talk) 22:49, 13 February 2008 (UTC)