Jean Arthur, John Lund, Marlene Dietrich, Millard Mitchell, Peter von Zerneck

This is story of a love triangle involving an American soldier, a congresswoman from Iowa and a German singer who meet in postwar Berlin.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 56 min.

Directed by: Billy Wilder

Release Date: January 1, 1948

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  • January 21, 2008
    The perfect comedy.
  • October 15, 2008
    'A Foreign Affair' Provides the Laughs, Dahling

    This postwar comedy with Marlene Dietrich as an acid-tongued nightclub singer with suspected Nazi ties and Jean Arthur as a visiting no-nonsense Congresswoman from Iowa both after the same army heel with a guilty conscience starts ...( read more)slowly but gets in full gear when the romantic entanglements commence. Both actresses are terrific.
  • January 2, 2009
    Siempre es un placer ver a Marlene una interesante película de postguerra sobre un hombre que se debate entre dos mujeres cada una muy particular
  • November 7, 2008
    i like wilder! obviously. this is the third film on this list he wrote. he was great! this film is about a frosty (literally) representative of the u.s. in berlin who is ready to crack down on the black market shenanigans. she is taken from her course from a u.s. officer with a...( read more) former nazi sympathizer as his lover!
  • July 13, 2008
    Unever, but fascinating. Poor Jean Arthur.
  • July 9, 2008
    Great sarcastic Hollywood film with a terrific MD!
  • July 8, 2008
    i love this movie!!!
  • August 9, 2007
    This movie just keeps one on the toes. Great cast and the black mail.

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