A Foreign Affair
"A Foreign Affair" is a funny affair!
1948 | 116m | English
Popularity: 2 (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 | berlin, germany, black market, nazi, politician, man between two women, singer, post war germany, moral ambiguity, 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 |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $1,500,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 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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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 6 |
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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