A Foreign Affair
"A Foreign Affair" is a funny affair!
7.119481h 56m
NR
ReleasedRomance
Comedy
Overview
StatusReleased
Release Date1948-08-20
Runtime1h 56m
LanguagesEnglishDeutsch
CountriesUnited States of America
Budget$1,500,000
Revenue$5,000,000
Keywords
berlin, germany
nazi
black market
moral ambiguity
world war ii
politician
man between two women
post war germany
singer
post war
post world war ii
ex-nazi
military
foreign occupation
nightclub performer
committee
morals
romantic triangle
secret investigation
moral policing
congresswoman
american officer
bombed building
american occupation
conservative values
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Cast & Crew
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
Reviews
1
C
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 t…
