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)VOD (1)
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From the inimitable Billy Wilder comes this classic comedy that mixes romance with hard-boiled wit in a story about stiff-necked Iowa congresswoman Phoebe Frost (Jean Arthur) mired in jaded post-war Berlin. As she investigates the morale of American troops, Phoebe is cynically wooed by fellow Iowan Captain John Pringle (John Lund), who is trying to cover up his affair with Nazi-tainted chanteuse Erika von Schlütow (Marlene Dietrich). (Eureka Entertainment)
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The goddess Marlene and the musical genius Friedrich Hollaender have hardly left each other’s side since The Blue Angel, yet the highlights of their collaboration can be found in these two films. They came a long way in 18 years. Only the elite made it from the splendor of Weimar cinema to post-war Hollywood, so let's enjoy their reign and let them be guided by another of their experienced colleagues in Billy Wilder. On another level, one can appreciate the realistic exteriors of Berlin in the summer of 1947 and an entire series of great jokes. From the boy who constantly has the compulsive need to draw swastikas everywhere and always, to all those sentences embellished many times with the sonorous word "von." "Looks like you've got a date with five million von bricks." - "Has it stopped raining? If there are any puddles, you'll carry me, won't you, boys?"
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