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  Caption A Foreign Affair movie poster
  Director Billy Wilder
  Producer Charles Brackett
  Writer Charles Brackett <br>Richard L Breen<br>Robert Harari (adaptation)<br>David Shaw (story)<br>Billy Wilder
  Starring Jean Arthur <br> Marlene Dietrich <br> John Lund
  Cinematography Charles Lang
  Distributor Paramount Pictures
  Released June 30 , 1948
  Runtime 116 min
  Language English
  Budget $1,500,000 (estimated)
  Imdb Id 0040367


''A Foreign Affair'' is a 1948 film directed by Billy Wilder , starring Marlene Dietrich and Jean Arthur . The songs "Want to Buy Some Illusions?" , "Black Market" and "In the Ruins of Berlin" composed by Friedrich Hollaender were sung by Dietrich. Hollaender appears in the film as the piano accompanist to 'Erika von Schlütow' (Dietrich). The film was produced by Charles Brackett with cinematography by Charles Lang .

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Director Billy Wilder said famously of his difficulties with Marlene Dietrich and Jean Arthur in the film. "I have one dame who's afraid to look at herself in a mirror and another who won't stop looking!"

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