Shining Through (DVD 2003)

This film was purchased because the copy that I had, had been damaged accidently,the whole film along with it's actors is of the top quality the story content the directing and everything about it .It is good to see movie makers with enough courage to return to the good old fshion way of telling stories,without the need of bad language uneeded violence and over the top sexual content,all the main actors are among my favorites and was a major contributary factor for the purchase,along with the story being based on fact.G

Shining Through is part war movie part love story, a classic film in the old style of movie making with enough romance to keep the romantics happy and enough action to keep the action lovers happy.
Directed by David Seltzer in 1992, starring Michael Douglas, Melanie Griffith, Liam Neeson, Joely Richardson and Sir John Gielgud.
The story centers around the character Linda Voss (Griffith) who starts to work in an attorneys office as a secretary in 1940. Unbeknown to her at the time, her boss (Douglas)is the head of a spy network. The two quickly become lovers, so it is understandable that when she finds out what the 'firm' is really about and she volunteers to go and work in Germany, he is a little reluctant. But because of her fluent language ability she gets the assignment.
She is infiltrated into the home of a top ranking German officer (Neeson)and then the film really gets going, with plenty of twists and turns, and the film has a fair amount of suspense.
Richardson and Gielgud give excellant performances in the film. Whilst it is fair to say that it is not Douglas's or Griffith's best performances both combine well on screen.
My advice is to get the film and watch on a lazy Sunday afternoon by the fire.

This a really good film & the main characters where at their best. I already owned on video & I was upgrading to dvd's that is the reason I bought it.
It is a really interesting story about love,spying & also in a minor way about the plight of the yewish people during world war two, a truly compelling story.
the main characters, liam neesom, rachel griffiths & micheal douglas blend in so well together & with john gielgud in it as well it really could not fail, and it doesn't!