La scandaleuse de Berlin

Original title: A Foreign Affair

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Marlene Dietrich, Jean Arthur, and John Lund in La scandaleuse de Berlin (1948)

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Satire Comedy Drama Romance

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

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IMDb RATING

7.3/10

8.9K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 2 wins & 3 nominations total

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

Goofs
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.

Quotes
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.

Connections
Edited into The Good German (2006)

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

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Featured review

A Moment in Cinema: Dietrich Sings "Black Market"

in this excellent and underrated Billy Wilder film. Dietrich plays a former Nazi trying to hide behind a post-war American boyfriend. Jean Arthur plays a spinster American congresswoman, and John Lund is the man they both fall for. The scenes of bombed-out Berlin are astonishing, and the 3 stars are wonderful in this sly comedy that gets better with every viewing. The highlights tho are Dietrich's musical numbers sung in a basement speakeasy. She sings the great "Black Market" with composer Frederick Hollander at the piano. She sings LIVE and it's electrifying. She also sings "The Ruins of Berlin" and "Lovely Illusions." Jean Arthur is also good in one of her last films. Millard Mitchell, Bill Murphy, Stanley Prager, and Gordon Jones co-star. A must!