A Foreign Affair
"A Foreign Affair" is a funny affair!
1948 | 116m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Billy Wilder |
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| Writer: | David Shaw, Robert Harari, Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett, Richard L. Breen |
| Staring: |
| In occupied Berlin, a US Army Captain is torn between an ex-Nazi cafe singer and the US Congresswoman investigating her. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 20, 1948 |
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| Director: | Billy Wilder |
| Writer: | David Shaw, Robert Harari, Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett, Richard L. Breen |
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Keywords | black market, man between two women, post war, military, committee, romantic triangle, moral policing, bombed building, berlin, germany, moral ambiguity, post war germany, post world war ii, foreign occupation, city ruin, secret investigation, congresswoman, american occupation, nazi, politician, singer, ex-nazi, nightclub performer, morals, blonde bombshell, american officer, conservative values |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $1,500,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Jean Arthur | Congresswoman Phoebe Frost |
| Marlene Dietrich | Erika Von Schlüetow |
| John Lund | Captain John Pringle |
| Millard Mitchell | Col. Rufus J. Plummer |
| Peter von Zerneck | Hans Otto Birgel |
| Stanley Prager | Mike |
| William Murphy | Joe |
| Gordon Jones | Military Police |
| Freddie Steele | Military Police |
| Raymond Bond | Pennecot |
| Boyd Davis | Giffin |
| Robert Malcolm | Kramer |
| Charles Meredith | Yandell |
| Michael Raffetto | Salvatore |
| James Larmore | Lieutenant Hornby |
| Damian O'Flynn | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Frank Fenton | Major Mathews |
| Harland Tucker | General McAndrew |
| George M. Carleton | General Finney |
| Nick Abramoff | Russian Soldier (uncredited) |
| Ted Cottle | Gerhardt Maier (uncredited) |
| Zina Dennis | Russian (uncredited) |
| Jimmie Dundee | American M.P. (uncredited) |
| Lisa Golm | German (uncredited) |
| Leo Gregory | Russian Soldier (uncredited) |
| Ilka Grüning | German Wife (uncredited) |
| Vilmos Gymes | Waiter (uncredited) |
| Chester Hayes | Russian Soldier (uncredited) |
| Hans Herbert | Waiter (uncredited) |
| Len Hendry | Staff Sergeant (uncredited) |
| Friedrich Hollaender | Piano Player at The Lorelei (uncredited) |
| Jerry James | Lieutenant (uncredited) |
| Howard Joslin | M.P. (uncredited) |
| George Kachin | Russian Officer (uncredited) |
| Willy Kaufman | Waiter (uncredited) |
| Phyllis Kennedy | WAC Technical Sergeant (uncredited) |
| Henry Kulky | Russian Sergeant (uncredited) |
| Harry Lauter | Corporal (uncredited) |
| Rex Lease | M.P. Lieutenant (uncredited) |
| Norman Leavitt | Non-Commissioned Officer (uncredited) |
| Paul Lees | G.I. (uncredited) |
| Kenneth Lundy | G.I. (uncredited) |
| Don Lynch | G.I. (uncredited) |
| Gregory Merims | Russian Officer (uncredited) |
| Bert Moorhouse | Transport Pilot (uncredited) |
| Hazard Newberry | Lieutenant (uncredited) |
| Larry Nunn | Sergeant (uncredited) |
| Paul Panzer | German Husband (uncredited) |
| George Paris | Russian Soldier (uncredited) |
| Frank Popovich | Russian Soldier (uncredited) |
| Otto Reichow | German Policeman (uncredited) |
| Albin Robeling | Cook (uncredited) |
| Richard Ryen | Maier (uncredited) |
| William Sabbot | Russian Dancer (uncredited) |
| William Self | G.I. (uncredited) |
| Pat Shade | G.I. (uncredited) |
| John Shay | G.I. (uncredited) |
| William F. Sheehan | M.P. (uncredited) |
| Peter Similuk | Russian Soldier (uncredited) |
| Bob Simpson | Major (uncredited) |
| Zivko Simunovich | Russian Soldier (uncredited) |
| Bert Stevens | The Lorelei Patron (uncredited) |
| Walter Thiele | German (uncredited) |
| George Unanoff | Russian Officer (uncredited) |
| Edward Van Sloan | German (uncredited) |
| Jack Vlaskin | Russian Dancer (uncredited) |
| Sergei N. Vonesky | Russian Officer (uncredited) |
| Henry Vroom | American Sergeant (uncredited) |
| Otto Waldis | Inspector (uncredited) |
| Fay Wall | Fräulein (uncredited) |
| Christa Walton | Fräulein (uncredited) |
| Bobby Watson | Hitler (uncredited) |
| Eric Wyland | German Waiter (uncredited) |
| Frank Yaconelli | Accordion Player (uncredited) |
| Nicholas L. Zane | Russian Officer (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Gerd Oswald | Second Assistant Director |
| Sam Comer | Set Decoration |
| Hugh Brown | Production Manager |
| Harry Hogan | Script Supervisor |
| Ed Crowder | Grip |
| Ronnie Lubin | Dialogue Coach |
| David Shaw | Original Story |
| Robert Harari | Adaptation |
| Charles Lang | Director of Photography |
| Hans Dreier | Art Direction |
| Walter H. Tyler | Art Direction |
| Ross Dowd | Set Decoration |
| Hugo Grenzbach | Sound Recordist |
| Walter Oberst | Sound Recordist |
| Doane Harrison | Editor |
| Gordon Jennings | Special Effects |
| Farciot Edouart | Visual Effects |
| Dewey Wrigley | Visual Effects |
| C.C. Coleman | Assistant Director |
| Billy Wilder | Screenplay, Director |
| Charles Brackett | Screenplay |
| Richard L. Breen | Screenplay |
| Friedrich Hollaender | Original Music Composer |
| Edith Head | Costume Design |
| Wally Westmore | Makeup Supervisor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Charles Brackett | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Geronimo1967
7.0
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.
Jul 09, 2022