A Foreign Affair

8/20/19481h 56m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ "A Foreign Affair" is a funny affair! ~

Overview:

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

Director:

Billy Wilder

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$1,500,000.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

berlin, germany
nazi
black market
moral ambiguity
politician
man between two women
post war germany
singer
post war
post world war ii
ex-nazi
military
foreign occupation
nightclub performer
committee
city ruin
morals
romantic triangle
secret investigation
blonde bombshell
moral policing
congresswoman
american officer
bombed building
american occupation
conservative values

Cast

Jean Arthur

~ as ~

Congresswoman Phoebe Frost

Marlene Dietrich

~ as ~

Erika Von Schlüetow

John Lund

~ as ~

Captain John Pringle

Millard Mitchell

~ as ~

Col. Rufus J. Plummer

Peter von Zerneck

~ as ~

Hans Otto Birgel

Stanley Prager

~ as ~

Mike

William Murphy

~ as ~

Joe

Gordon Jones

~ as ~

Military Police

Freddie Steele

~ as ~

Military Police

Raymond Bond

~ as ~

Pennecot

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 2 year(s) ago
7
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.