Romance ·Comedy · United States of America · 1948 · 1h 56m

A Foreign Affair

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Director
Billy Wilder
Cast
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
Crew
Charles Lang — Director of Photography Doane Harrison — Editor Friedrich Hollaender — Original Music Composer Charles Brackett — Screenplay Richard L. Breen — Screenplay Billy Wilder — Screenplay
Tagline

"A Foreign Affair" is a funny affair!

Synopsis

In occupied Berlin, an army captain is torn between an ex-Nazi café singer and the US congresswoman investigating her.

Trailer A Foreign Affair — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
berlin, germanynaziblack marketmoral ambiguityworld war iipoliticianman between two womenpost war germanysingerpost warpost world war iiex-nazi
Key Collaborators
Billy Wilder Director Charles Lang Director of Photography Doane Harrison Editor Friedrich Hollaender Original Music Composer Charles Brackett Screenplay Richard L. Breen Screenplay Billy Wilder Screenplay Charles Brackett Producer Edith Head Costume Design
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