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A Foreign Affair

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A Foreign Affair
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NR,1hr 56min
Genres:
Comedy,Romance
Released:
January 1, 1948
Director:
Billy Wilder
Distributor:
Paramount Pictures
Starring:
Jean Arthur, Marlene Dietrich, John Lund  ...more
Synopsis: Writer/director Billy Wilder (in collaboration with producer/writer Charles Brackett) earned his first critical condemnation with A Foreign Affair. Reviewers accused Wilder (as they would so often in the future) of moral bankruptcy, challenging him to prove what could possibly be funny about the Nazi war guilt, the bombed-out city of Berlin, the postwar European black market or attempted suicide. All of these elements are in Foreign Affair, and all are very funny. John Lund is an American army captain ... Full Synopsis
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Richard Gilliam, AMG Review
A cutting-edge comedy in the post-World War II era, A Foreign Affair remains a very funny film, but much of its richness came from the historical context of its satire. At the heart of the film is the observant wit of writer/director Billy Wilder, a Jewish German émigré with a sardonic view of life in post-war Berlin. The interplay among Marlene Dietrich, Jean Arthur, and John Lund gives the film much ... Full Review
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Jean Arthur
Phoebe Frost
Marlene Dietrich
Erika von Schluetow
John Lund
Capt. John Pringle
Millard Mitchell
Col. Rufus J. Plummer
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