As usual, it's more clever than meaningful, but this 1948 film is one of his most satisfactory in wit and pace.
A Foreign Affair
"A Foreign Affair" is a funny affair!
1948 · 1h 56m · APPROVED
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Billy Wilder
Overview
In occupied Berlin, an army captain is torn between an ex-Nazi café singer and the US congresswoman investigating her.
Director and cast
- Billy Wilder Director
- Jean Arthur as Congresswoman Phoebe Frost
- Marlene Dietrich as Erika Von Schluetow
- John Lund as Capitaine John Pringle
- Millard Mitchell as Colonel Rufus Plummer
- Peter von Zerneck as Hans Otto Birgel
- Stanley Prager as Mike
- William Murphy as Joe
- Gordon Jones Cast
- Freddie Steele Cast
- Raymond Bond Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
A dandy entertainment which has some shrewd and realistic things to say.
This may not be Wilder at his best -- the story develops along fairly predictable lines, with Arthur switching her starchy uniform for a glistening evening gown -- but there are some precious set pieces.
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