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A Foreign Affair

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7.1/10 • 147

1948-08-201h 56m

RomanceComedyDrama

"A Foreign Affair" is a funny affair!

In occupied Berlin, a US Army Captain is torn between an ex-Nazi cafe singer and the US Congresswoman investigating her.

Directors
Billy Wilder
Editors
Doane Harrison

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  1. Jean Arthur

    Jean Arthur

    Congresswoman Phoebe Frost

  2. Marlene Dietrich

    Marlene Dietrich

    Erika Von Schlüetow

  3. John Lund

    John Lund

    Captain John Pringle

  4. Millard Mitchell

    Millard Mitchell

    Col. Rufus J. Plummer

  5. Peter von Zerneck

    Peter von Zerneck

    Hans Otto Birgel

  6. Stanley Prager

    Stanley Prager

    Mike

  7. William Murphy

    William Murphy

    Joe

  8. Gordon Jones

    Gordon Jones

    Military Police

  9. Freddie Steele

    Freddie Steele

    Military Police

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CinemaSerf

Jul 9, 2022

7/10

Billy Wilder pulls together a great script and two engaging performances from Jean Arthur and Marlene Dietrich in this entertaining story of a US Congresswoman who visits post-war Berlin to check up on the morals of the American troops. She falls for one of them who just happens to be already spoken for. There ensues a bit of a tug-of-war between the two women over the rather charmless John Lund. Millard Mitchell is good value as the war-weary colonel; there are enough Dietrich songs to keep her fans content and we even get a twist at the end. There may well have been some murmurings Stateside once this film was released. It doesn't exactly show the Yanks in a great light as they party and black-market their way through a bomb wrecked Berlin but it does demonstrate the need for a "release" for so many from the years of war and deprivation with style and occasionally, some humour.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$1,500,000.00
Revenue
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Keywords
berlin, germanynaziblack marketmoral ambiguitypoliticianman between two womenpost war germanysingerpost warpost world war iiex-nazimilitaryforeign occupationnightclub performercommitteecity ruinmoralsromantic trianglesecret investigationblonde bombshellmoral policingcongresswomanamerican officerbombed buildingamerican occupationconservative values