Shining Through

Shining Through

He needed to trust her with his secret. She had to trust him with her life.

1992132 min6.5 / 10

A wartime romance and espionage thriller that intertwines personal stakes—a woman's search for her Jewish family—with the danger of undercover work behind Nazi lines.

Spirited New Yorker Linda Voss goes to work for international lawyer and secret Office of Strategic Services operative Ed Leland just before World War II. As they fall in love, the United States enters the fight against Hitler, and Linda volunteers to work for Ed spying undercover behind Nazi lines. Assigned to uncover information about a German bomb, Linda also has personal motives to fulfill: discovering the fate of her Jewish family members in Berlin.

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