“A Foreign Affair” is a funny affair!
Film Synopsis
A Foreign Affair (1948) centers on a congressional delegation visiting occupied Berlin to assess conditions among American forces stationed in the devastated city after World War II. As a straight-laced congresswoman grows suspicious of a military officer’s relationship with a glamorous German singer while political scrutiny, romantic complications, and lingering wartime tensions complicate the investigation, personal and ideological conflicts begin to collide. This romantic comedy-drama examines postwar reconstruction and cultural misunderstanding within a divided and recovering Germany, as personal loyalties challenge official responsibilities, with political satire, romantic rivalry, and postwar uncertainty.
A Foreign Affair Blu-ray & DVD editions
See which disc extras are included across selected editions.
| Disc Extras | Kino BD-A/US 2019 | Eureka BD-B/UK/OOP 2020 | Universal DVD-1/US/OOP 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audio Commentary by Joseph McBride | |||
| From Berlin to Hollywood: Wilder and Dietrich’s Foreign Affair - Video Essay by Kat Ellinger | |||
| Billy Wilder on “A Foreign Affair” - Segment from “Billy, How Did You Do It?” | |||
| Screen Director’s Playhouse (Episode 9): “A Foreign Affair” | |||
| Screen Director’s Playhouse (Episode 92): “A Foreign Affair” | |||
| Stills Gallery | |||
| Theatrical Trailer |
Edition and Packaging Notes
- Kino’s Blu-ray includes trailers for Witness for the Prosecution (1957), One, Two, Three (1961), Irma La Douce (1963), The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970), Avanti! (1972) and The Front Page (1974).
- Eureka’s Blu-ray includes a booklet with writing by Richard Combs and Alexandra Heller-Nicholas.
- Universal’s DVD is included in the “TCM Vault Collection: Directed by Billy Wilder” box set with Five Graves to Cairo (1943). Reissued separately (2013/06/10).
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