A Foreign Affair

There’s a certain oddness to one of the central relationships in this film that lends itself to a certain reading that the movie never really follows through on, and the ending doesn’t quite feel right. However, the rest of it is the same level of character, easy plotting, and great dialogue we have come to expect from Billy Wilder and his writing partner Charles Brackett.

It’s post-war Berlin. The city is still a ruin. There’s no industry anymore. The few residents left are living a barter existence...