Shining Through (1992) Apr 2026

as Linda Voss: A movie-loving secretary turned brave undercover agent.

Linda Voss (Melanie Griffith) is hired by lawyer Ed Leland (Michael Douglas) because of her German fluency. She quickly discovers Ed is a secret Office of Strategic Services (OSS) agent and eventually convinces him to let her go undercover.

After being exposed as a spy and wounded, Ed enters Germany to rescue her. They escape across the Swiss border in a tense shootout sequence. Cast & Characters

Shining Through (1992) is a romantic espionage thriller that mixes World War II drama with classic Hollywood nostalgia. Directed by David Seltzer and based on the novel by Susan Isaacs , it follows Linda Voss, a working-class secretary from Queens who goes undercover as a spy in Nazi Germany.

as Franz-Otto Dietrich: A high-ranking German officer whom Linda must infiltrate.

Linda infiltrates the home of a high-ranking Nazi official in Berlin to photograph secret documents concerning the V1 flying bomb.

as Margrete von Eberstein: A Nazi sympathizer and socialite who eventually betrays Linda.