Movie Cosmos - A Foreign Affair

Description:

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

Top Cast >

Jean Arthur

As Congresswoman Phoebe Frost

Marlene Dietrich

As Erika Von Schlüetow

John Lund

As Captain John Pringle

Millard Mitchell

As Col. Rufus J. Plummer

Peter von Zerneck

As Hans Otto Birgel

Stanley Prager

As Mike

William Murphy

As Joe

Gordon Jones

As Military Police

Freddie Steele

As Military Police

Raymond Bond

As Pennecot

Boyd Davis

As Giffin

Robert Malcolm

As Kramer

Charles Meredith

As Yandell

Michael Raffetto

As Salvatore

James Larmore

As Lieutenant Hornby

Damian O'Flynn

As Lieutenant Colonel

Frank Fenton

As Major Mathews

Harland Tucker

As General McAndrew

George M. Carleton

As General Finney

Nick Abramoff

As Russian Soldier (uncredited)

Ted Cottle

As Gerhardt Maier (uncredited)

Zina Dennis

As Russian (uncredited)

Jimmie Dundee

As American M.P. (uncredited)

Lisa Golm

As German (uncredited)

Leo Gregory

As Russian Soldier (uncredited)

Ilka Grüning

As German Wife (uncredited)

Vilmos Gymes

As Waiter (uncredited)

Chester Hayes

As Russian Soldier (uncredited)

Hans Herbert

As Waiter (uncredited)

Len Hendry

As Staff Sergeant (uncredited)

Friedrich Hollaender

As Piano Player at The Lorelei (uncredited)

Jerry James

As Lieutenant (uncredited)

Howard Joslin

As M.P. (uncredited)

George Kachin

As Russian Officer (uncredited)

Willy Kaufman

As Waiter (uncredited)

Phyllis Kennedy

As WAC Technical Sergeant (uncredited)

Henry Kulky

As Russian Sergeant (uncredited)

Harry Lauter

As Corporal (uncredited)

Rex Lease

As M.P. Lieutenant (uncredited)

Norman Leavitt

As Non-Commissioned Officer (uncredited)

Paul Lees

As G.I. (uncredited)

Kenneth Lundy

As G.I. (uncredited)

Don Lynch

As G.I. (uncredited)

Gregory Merims

As Russian Officer (uncredited)

Bert Moorhouse

As Transport Pilot (uncredited)

Hazard Newberry

As Lieutenant (uncredited)

Larry Nunn

As Sergeant (uncredited)

Paul Panzer

As German Husband (uncredited)

George Paris

As Russian Soldier (uncredited)

Frank Popovich

As Russian Soldier (uncredited)

Otto Reichow

As German Policeman (uncredited)

Albin Robeling

As Cook (uncredited)

Richard Ryen

As Maier (uncredited)

William Sabbot

As Russian Dancer (uncredited)

William Self

As G.I. (uncredited)

Pat Shade

As G.I. (uncredited)

John Shay

As G.I. (uncredited)

William F. Sheehan

As M.P. (uncredited)

Peter Similuk

As Russian Soldier (uncredited)

Bob Simpson

As Major (uncredited)

Zivko Simunovich

As Russian Soldier (uncredited)

Bert Stevens

As The Lorelei Patron (uncredited)

Walter Thiele

As German (uncredited)

George Unanoff

As Russian Officer (uncredited)

Edward Van Sloan

As German (uncredited)

Jack Vlaskin

As Russian Dancer (uncredited)

Sergei N. Vonesky

As Russian Officer (uncredited)

Henry Vroom

As American Sergeant (uncredited)

Otto Waldis

As Inspector (uncredited)

Fay Wall

As Fräulein (uncredited)

Christa Walton

As Fräulein (uncredited)

Bobby Watson

As Hitler (uncredited)

Eric Wyland

As German Waiter (uncredited)

Frank Yaconelli

As Accordion Player (uncredited)

Nicholas L. Zane

As Russian Officer (uncredited)

Top Crew >

Billy Wilder

Director, Screenplay

Charles Brackett

Screenplay, Producer

Richard L. Breen

Screenplay

David Shaw

Original Story

Robert Harari

Adaptation

Gordon Jennings

Special Effects

Farciot Edouart

Visual Effects

Dewey Wrigley

Visual Effects

C.C. Coleman

Assistant Director

Hugh Brown

Production Manager

Harry Hogan

Script Supervisor

Ed Crowder

Grip

Gerd Oswald

Second Assistant Director

Ronnie Lubin

Dialogue Coach

Friedrich Hollaender

Original Music Composer

Charles Lang

Director of Photography

Hans Dreier

Art Direction

Walter H. Tyler

Art Direction

Sam Comer

Set Decoration

Ross Dowd

Set Decoration

Edith Head

Costume Design

Wally Westmore

Makeup Supervisor

Hugo Grenzbach

Sound Recordist

Walter Oberst

Sound Recordist

Doane Harrison

Editor

Reviews:

CinemaSerf (7/10)

Billy Wilder pulls together a great script and two engaging performances from Jean Arthur and Marlene Dietrich in this entertaining story of a US Congresswoman who visits post-war Berlin to check up on the morals of the American troops. She falls for one of them who just happens to be already spoken for. There ensues a bit of a tug-of-war between the two women over the rather charmless John Lund. Millard Mitchell is good value as the war-weary colonel; there are enough Dietrich songs to keep her fans content and we even get a twist at the end. There may well have been some murmurings Stateside once this film was released. It doesn't exactly show the Yanks in a great light as they party and black-market their way through a bomb wrecked Berlin but it does demonstrate the need for a "release" for so many from the years of war and deprivation with style and occasionally, some humour.

2022-07-09