A Foreign Affair

Aug 20, 1948

1h 56m

★ 7.1

"A Foreign Affair" is a funny affair!

Overview

In occupied Berlin, a US Army Captain is torn between an ex-Nazi cafe singer and the US Congresswoman investigating her.

Genres

Romance

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

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Cast

Congresswoman Phoebe Frost

Jean Arthur

Erika Von Schlüetow

Marlene Dietrich

Captain John Pringle

John Lund

Col. Rufus J. Plummer

Millard Mitchell

Hans Otto Birgel

Peter von Zerneck

Mike

Stanley Prager

Joe

William Murphy

Military Police

Gordon Jones

Military Police

Freddie Steele

Pennecot

Raymond Bond

Giffin

Boyd Davis

Kramer

Robert Malcolm

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7.4

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7.7

Annie Hall

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6.7

Effi Briest

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6.3

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4.5

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8.4

The Pianist

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The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.

8.6

Schindler's List

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7.5

One, Two, Three

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6.9

Tough Enough

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6.2

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7.7

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7.7

The Blues Brothers

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0.0

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No overview available.

6.9

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7.3

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8.0

Judgment at Nuremberg

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7.4

Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade

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A member of an elite paramilitary counter-terrorism unit becomes traumatized after witnessing the suicide bombing of a young girl and is forced to undergo retraining. However, unbeknownst to him, he becomes a key player in a dispute between rival police divisions, as he finds himself increasingly involved with the sister of the girl he saw die.

7.4

The Day the Earth Stood Still

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An alien and a robot land on Earth after World War II and tell mankind to be peaceful or face destruction.

8.1

M

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In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to city life that he is even targeted by others in the seedy underworld network. With both cops and criminals in pursuit, the murderer soon realizes that people are on his trail, sending him into a tense, panicked attempt to escape justice.