6.8
“"A Foreign Affair" is a funny affair!”
A Foreign Affair (1948)
August 20, 19481h 56mEN
7.1
154 votes
Overview
In occupied Berlin, an army captain is torn between an ex-Nazi café singer and the US congresswoman investigating her.
Director
Billy WilderWriters
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Status
Released
Original Language
German
Budget
$1.5M
Revenue
$5.0M
Production Companies
Paramount Pictures
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7.0Billy 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…
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