Directed by:
Billy WilderCinematography:
Charles LangComposer:
Friedrich HollaenderCast:
Jean Arthur, Marlene Dietrich, John Lund, Damian O'Flynn, Frank Fenton, Gordon Jones, Bobby Watson, Edward Van Sloan, Friedrich Hollaender, Millard Mitchell (more)Plots(1)
John Lund is an American army captain carrying on a casual affair with Berlin songstress Marlene Dietrich, who accepts Lund's attentions so long as there are contraband cigarettes and nylons added to the bargain. Iowa congresswoman Jean Arthur is sent as part of an American fact-finding delegation to Berlin, and Lund is compelled to clean up his act--or at least pretend to. Despite her initial shock at the corruption all around her, straitlaced Arthur eventually falls for Lund, but Dietrich has been at this game a lot longer. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Jean Arthur](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267929_231d52.jpg)
Jean Arthur
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
The Talk of the Town (1942)
![Marlene Dietrich](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267967_a78635.jpg)
Marlene Dietrich
German Empire
Best movies:
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
The Blue Angel (1930)
![John Lund](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/444/444403_b7ea37.jpg)
John Lund
USA
Best movies:
To Each His Own (1946)
White Feather (1955)
A Foreign Affair (1948)
![Damian O'Flynn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/763/157763576_e77576.jpg)
Damian O'Flynn
USA
Best movies:
The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
Daddy Long Legs (1955)
The Lineup (1958)
![Frank Fenton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/011/160011761_f1cfd5.jpg)
Frank Fenton
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
A Foreign Affair (1948)
The Clay Pigeon (1949)
![Gordon Jones](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000187_bb12af.jpg)
Gordon Jones
USA
Best movies:
When Tomorrow Comes (1939)
Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)
A Foreign Affair (1948)
Bobby Watson
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Captains Courageous (1937)
![Edward Van Sloan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/496/496859_16c0c1.jpg)
Edward Van Sloan
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
The Phantom Creeps (1949) (TV movie) - a.f.
![Friedrich Hollaender](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/394/394662_080b30.jpg)
Friedrich Hollaender
UK
Best movies:
One, Two, Three (1961)
The Blue Angel (1930)
A Foreign Affair (1948)
![Millard Mitchell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/124/120/124120229_2ff5f1.jpg)
Millard Mitchell
Cuba
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Winchester '73 (1950)
Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
William Murphy
USA
Best movies:
The Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
The Big Heat (1953)
I Was a Male War Bride (1949)
![Harry Lauter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000095_a885c7.jpg)
Harry Lauter
USA
Best movies:
White Heat (1949)
The Big Heat (1953)
Showdown (1963)
![Norman Leavitt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000251_470803.gif)
Norman Leavitt
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Showdown (1963)
Freddie Steele
USA
Best movies:
The Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
A Foreign Affair (1948)
Black Angel (1946)
Lisa Golm
German Empire
Best movies:
Madame Curie (1943)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
Len Hendry
USA
Best movies:
Rear Window (1954)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
North by Northwest (1959)
Joe Ploski
USA
Best movies:
Inherit the Wind (1960)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Stalag 17 (1953)
![Frank Yaconelli](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/873/159873617_639a1f.jpg)
Frank Yaconelli
Italy
Best movies:
It Happened One Night (1934)
The Mark of Zorro (1940)
A Night at the Opera (1935)
![Joseph Goebbels](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274610_d77379.jpg)
Joseph Goebbels (a.f.)
German Empire
Best movies:
Zelig (1983) - a.f.
Sunshine (1999) - a.f.
Taking Sides (2001) - a.f.
![Bert Moorhouse](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/217/160217477_338503.jpg)
Bert Moorhouse
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)