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Overview

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7.9/10   6,341 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Ferenc Molnár (play)
Billy Wilder (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
15 December 1961 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
Billy Wilder's Explosive New Comedy
Plot:
Comedy about Coca-Cola's man in West Berlin, who may be fired if he can't keep his American boss's daughter from marrying a Communist. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 5 nominations more
User Comments:
Exceptional Cold War Spoof more (97 total)
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

James Cagney ... C.R. MacNamara
Horst Buchholz ... Otto Ludwig Piffl
Pamela Tiffin ... Scarlett Hazeltine

Arlene Francis ... Phyllis MacNamara
Howard St. John ... Wendell P. Hazeltine
Hanns Lothar ... Schlemmer

Leon Askin ... Peripetchikoff
Ralf Wolter ... Borodenko
Karl Lieffen ... Fritz (chauffeur)
Hubert von Meyerinck ... Count von Droste Schattenburg
Loïs Bolton ... Melanie Hazeltine (as Lois Bolton)
Peter Capell ... Mishkin
Til Kiwe ... Reporter
Henning Schlüter ... Dr. Bauer
Karl Ludwig Lindt ... Zeidlitz
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Additional Details

Runtime:
115 min | Finland:108 min (1962) (banned version) | Canada:108 min (Ontario) | UK:108 min
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Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Canada:PG (Ontario) | Australia:PG (TV rating) | Finland:K-12 (1986) | Finland:(Banned) (1962) (1966) (1969) | USA:Approved (PCA #20106) | UK:U | Australia:G | Sweden:11 | West Germany:6

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Trivia:
The building of the Berlin Wall had begun in the night of August 13, 1961, right through the set at the Brandenburger Tor. The team, discovering the change in the morning, had to move to Munich to shoot the missing scenes on the parking lot of the Bavaria Film Studios, where a copy of the lower half of the Brandenburger Tor had to be built. more
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Factual errors: In the Grand Hotel Potemkin sequence showing the crossed Soviet and East German flags, the East German flag is upside down (black stripe should be on the top); maybe this was a deliberate error on the part of the filmmakers. more
Quotes:
C.R. MacNamara: Any world that can produce the Taj Mahal, William Shakespeare, and striped toothpaste can't be all bad. more
Movie Connections:
References "Gunsmoke" (1955) more
Soundtrack:
Yankee Doodle more

FAQ

What does Cagney say about alligator shoes offered as possible executive attire for young Horst?
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23 out of 27 people found the following comment useful.
Exceptional Cold War Spoof, 24 September 2000
10/10
Author: Mitch-38 from Houston, Texas

Billy Wilder's hilarious Cold War comedy that only gets better with each viewing. It does help some, of course, to know the politics of the region and of that time period. Irregardless, one need not be a Hoover Institute Fellow to pick these up quickly. James Cagney, proving his acting range was virtually borderless, turns in a superb performance as the soft drink exec seeking an upper echelon corporate job.

With a terrific supporting cast, Cagney's corporate dreams are about to explode, when the boss' wild daughter flies into Berlin. Creating havoc, and not to mention more stress on his wounded marriage, the daughter runs off cavorting about in the Eastern Sector.

Corporate ambitions, romance and strong politics collide in this volatile, hilarious, extremely fast paced comedy. This is how a real comedic farce is put together, and it goes off without a hitch, all the way to the last gag. There's also some great homages/inside jokes to boot. A comedy classic, and another gem from Mr. Wilder.

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