A Foreign Affair (1948)

NR08/20/1948Romance, Comedy, Drama1h 56m
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"A Foreign Affair" is a funny affair!

Overview

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

Top Billed Cast

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    Jean Arthur

    Congresswoman Phoebe Frost

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    Marlene Dietrich

    Erika Von Schlüetow

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    John Lund

    Captain John Pringle

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    Millard Mitchell

    Col. Rufus J. Plummer

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    Peter von Zerneck

    Hans Otto Birgel

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    Stanley Prager

    Mike

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    William Murphy

    Joe

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    Gordon Jones

    Military Police

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    Freddie Steele

    Military Police

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...