Movie
A Foreign Affair
1948NR1h 56m7.1 / 10
"A Foreign Affair" is a funny affair!
In occupied Berlin, an army captain is torn between an ex-Nazi café singer and the US congresswoman investigating her.
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Synopsis
In occupied Berlin, an army captain is torn between an ex-Nazi café singer and the US congresswoman investigating her.
More about A Foreign Affair
Cast
Jean ArthurCongresswoman Phoebe Frost
Marlene DietrichErika Von Schlüetow
John LundCaptain John Pringle
Millard MitchellCol. Rufus J. Plummer
Peter von ZerneckHans Otto Birgel
Stanley PragerMike
William MurphyJoe
Gordon JonesMilitary PoliceCredits
- Directed by
- Billy Wilder
- Written by
- Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett, Richard L. Breen
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $1.5M
- Box office
- $5M
Production
Paramount PicturesUnited States
Themes
american occupationamerican officerberlin, germanyblack marketbombed buildingcommitteecongresswomanconservative values
