A Foreign Affair (1948)
- Directed by
- Billy Wilder
- Genre
- romantic comedy
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.1 of 10 from 159 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A US Army captain in postwar Berlin is caught between a former Nazi cafe singer and a congresswoman investigating her. It is a romantic comedy with a cynical political edge about occupied Germany.
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What happens
A Foreign Affair is a 1948 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Billy Wilder and starring Jean Arthur, Marlene Dietrich and John Lund. The screenplay by Charles Brackett, Wilder and Richard L. Breen is based on a story by David Shaw adapted by Robert Harari. The film is about a United States Army captain in post-World War II Berlin, occupied by the Allies during the early days of the Cold War, who is torn between a former Nazi cafe singer and the American congresswoman investigating her. Though a comedy, the film has a serious and cynical political tone, attesting to the fascination of both Wilder and American audiences with the multiple legacies of Berlin. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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