Information for Parents

The Good German

The Good German

Common Sense Media Age 16

Parents Need To Know

Positive Messages
Sometimes-noble reporter seeks to solve murder in post-WWII Potsdam; discussions of Nazis; lots of illegal activity and cover-up by Russians, Germans, and U.S. military/government officials.
Positive Role Models & Representations
Violence
Fights are brutal (kicking, punching, drawing blood); murder victims appear with visible bullet wounds/blood.
Sex
An explicit sexual act (woman in shadows on bed, man has sex from behind her); Hannelore performs feather/strip dance in club (shadowy); Hannelore strips to her underwear and invites Jake to have sex with her (using explicit language); Hannelore and Lena work as prostitutes (discussed frequently).
Language
Frequent and various language: "f--k" (30+), "s--t" (10+), "hell," and "ass," as well as single use of "c--t." Also, disparaging use of "Jew."
Consumerism
Not applicable
Education Value
Ease of Play
Privacy
Smoking cigarettes and/or drinking in nearly every scene, as befits a "noir" update.
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