UW Cinematheque - 2X: John Carpenter, Billy Wilder, Michael Mann, Jackie Chan
A Foreign Affair | USA | 1948 | 35mm | 116 min. Director: Billy Wilder
Event Details
Date
Saturday, April 22, 2023
Time
7 p.m.
Location
4070 Vilas Hall
Description
Cast: Jean Arthur, Marlene Dietrich, John Lund
Berlin, 1947: a congressional delegation is headed to a war-torn Berlin to evaluate military morale. U.S. Representative Phoebe Frost of Iowa (Arthur) is particularly concerned with the whereabouts of Erika von Schlütow (Dietrich, giving a career-best performance), a cabaret singer rumored to have been the mistress of high-ranking Nazi officials.
Berlin, 1947: a congressional delegation is headed to a war-torn Berlin to evaluate military morale. U.S. Representative Phoebe Frost of Iowa (Arthur) is particularly concerned with the whereabouts of Erika von Schlütow (Dietrich, giving a career-best performance), a cabaret singer rumored to have been the mistress of high-ranking Nazi officials.
Cost
Free
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