Global InformationA Foreign Affair information
| A Foreign Affair | |
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| Directed by | Billy Wilder |
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| Story by | David Shaw |
| Produced by | Charles Brackett |
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| Cinematography | Charles B. Lang Jr. |
| Edited by | Doane Harrison |
| Music by | Frederick Hollander |
Production company | Paramount Pictures |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 116 minutes |
| Country | United States |
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| Box office | $2.5 million (US rentals)[1] |
A Foreign Affair is a 1948 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Billy Wilder and starring Jean Arthur, Marlene Dietrich, and John Lund. The screenplay by Charles Brackett, Wilder, and Richard L. Breen is based on a story by David Shaw adapted by Robert Harari.
The film is about a United States Army captain in post-World War II Berlin, occupied by the Allies during the early days of the Cold War, who is torn between an ex-Nazi cafe singer and the United States congresswoman investigating her. Though a comedy, the film has a serious and cynical political tone, attesting to the fascination of both Wilder and American audiences with the multiple legacies of Berlin.[2]
- ^ "Top Grosses of 1948". Variety. January 5, 1949. p. 46.
- ^ Daum, Andreas W. (2000). "America's Berlin, 1945‒2000: Between Myths and Visions". In Trommler, Frank (ed.). Berlin: The New Capital in the East (PDF). Johns Hopkins University. pp. 49–73.