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

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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