A Foreign Affair (1948)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.5/10   

Director:

Billy Wilder

Escritores:

Charles Brackett (screenplay)
Richard L. Breen (screenplay)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

20 agosto 1948 (USA)

Género:

Comedia | Romance

Frase comercial:

It would make a cigar store Indian laugh ...

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Congresswoman | Singer | Birthday Cake | Post War | Military

Premios:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Brilliant! As relevant today as in 1948.

Reparto

Jean Arthur	...	Congresswoman Phoebe Frost
Marlene Dietrich	...	Erika Von Schluetow
John Lund	...	Captain John Pringle
Millard Mitchell	...	Col. Rufus J. Plummer
Peter von Zerneck	...	Hans Otto Birgel
Stanley Prager	...	Mike
William Murphy	...	Joe (as Bill Murphy)
Raymond Bond	...	Congressman Pennecot
Boyd Davis	...	Congressman Giffin
Robert Malcolm	...	Congressman Kramer
Charles Meredith	...	Congressman Yandell
Michael Raffetto	...	Congressman Salvatore
Damian O'Flynn	...	Lieutenant Colonel
Frank Fenton	...	Major Mathews
James Larmore	...	Lieutenant Hornby

También conocida como:

Berlín Occidente (Spain) [es]
Escándalo internacional (Venezuela) [es]

Duración:

116 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés | Alemán

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Clasificación:

Hungary:14 | Australia:G | Germany:12 | USA:Approved (PCA #12791)

Locaciones de Filmación:

Berlin, Germany

Compañía:

Paramount Pictures

Trivialidades:

One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.

Errores:

Errores que Revelan: Though the character played by Jean Arthur is an 'unmarried' American Congresswoman, the actress's real life wedding ring is visible in many scenes especially close-ups during the latter part of the film.

Citas:

Captain John Pringle: How is good old Iowa?
Phoebe Frost: Sixty-two percent Republican, thank you.

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en Billy Wilder Speaks (2006) (TV)

Banda de Sonido:

ISN'T IT ROMANTIC

Brilliant! As relevant today as in 1948.

This is one of those comedies that will always exist in the stratosphere of wit, intelligence and truth. It pulls no punches about politics, greed, hypocrisy & opportunism and treats its audience like grown-ups. It is as applicable to today's congress and the situation in Iraq as it was to post-WWII Germany (to which today's politicians still make frequent comparisons). It also was the first film to unflinchingly capture the effects of the WWII devastation of Berlin.

And what a cast! Jean Arthur, surely one of the greatest of all Hollywood comediennes, Marlene Dietrich in a part to match her Lola Lola in Blue Angel, John Lund a great under-utilized actor with the wit and ruggedness of Clark Gable and Millard Mitchell, one of those character actors whose mold was sadly broken decades ago.

In my book this film ranks with Double Indemnity as the best work of Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett.

Great songs by the legendary Frederick Hollander who actually appears here as Dietrich's accompanist.