A Foreign Affair

1948
Approved
1h 56m

ÉVALUATION IMDb

7,3/10

8,8 k

MA NOTE

Marlene Dietrich, Jean Arthur, and John Lund in A Foreign Affair (1948)

Liretrailer1 min 01 s

2 vidéos

31 photos

Satire Comedy Drama Romance

Dans Berlin occupée, un capitaine de l'armée est déchiré entre une chanteuse de cabaret au passé nazi et une femme membre du Congrès américain qui enquête sur celle-ci.Dans Berlin occupée, un capitaine de l'armée est déchiré entre une chanteuse de cabaret au passé nazi et une femme membre du Congrès américain qui enquête sur celle-ci.Dans Berlin occupée, un capitaine de l'armée est déchiré entre une chanteuse de cabaret au passé nazi et une femme membre du Congrès américain qui enquête sur celle-ci.

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ÉVALUATION IMDb

7,3/10

8,8 k

MA NOTE

Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro

Nommé pour 2 oscars
- 3 nominations au total

Vidéos2

Photos31

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Histoire

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Anecdotes
Billy Wilder said that John Lund "was the guy you got after you wrote the part for Cary Grant and Grant wasn't available."

Gaffes
Though Phoebe, the American Congresswoman played by Jean Arthur is not married, the actress's real wedding ring is visible in many scenes especially closeups during the latter part of the film.

Citations
Erika von Schluetow: We've all become animals with exactly one instinct left. Self-preservation. Now take me, Miss Frost. Bombed out a dozen times, everything caved in and pulled out from under me. My country, my possessions, my beliefs... yet somehow I kept going. Months and months in air raid shelters, crammed in with five thousand other people. I kept going. What do you think it was like to be a woman in this town when the Russians first swept in? I kept going.

Connexions
Edited into L'ami allemand (2006)

Bandes originales
Black Market
(uncredited)
Written by Friedrich Hollaender
Sung by Marlene Dietrich

Commentaires des utilisateurs79

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Commentaire en vedette

10/10

Just one of Wilder's all-time best films

This is one of Billy Wilder's least known films...and one of his best. A brilliant, cynical comedy about post-war Berlin goings on...black market, Army officers having affairs with notorious ex-Nazis, etc.

It stars Marlene Dietrich (one of her all-time best performances), and amazing Jean Arthur (in one of her final films), and newcomer John Lund, who was rather wooden in later performances...here, he's terrific.

Songs and musical score by Frederick Hollander...who's actually present playing piano. The three songs Dietrich sings, "Black Market", "Illusions" and "Ruins of Berlin" are lyrically integral to the plot and represent three of best songs written for a non-musical film of the late 1940's.

There's some serious plot points underneath the cynical comedy.

Wish to heck Universal would open their vaults and release it on DVD in the US; thankfully it's available in the UK (get an all-region DVD player...I did!).

It's an absolutely essential late 1940's comedy and in my opinion, one of Billy Wilder's best comedies.

Remember....Wilder's next film was "Sunset Boulevard".