Story / adaptation David Shaw, Robert Haran, screenplay Wilder, Brackett, Richard L Breen (nom.)
Jean Arthur (around 47), Marlene (who steals the film easily and was the total opposite to her screen persona!), John Lund, Millard Mitchell (colonel)
Photographed unusually off lot (in the ruins of Berlin) by Charles Lang. (P.S. This is not right. It does have some impressive footage of Berlin but the film was shot at Paramount Studios.)
Music Frederick Hollander.
Cynical, political, romantic, comedy-drama thriller!
Great, subtle, Wilder touches: target drawn on window which fades into Lund; filing cabinet scene; routine with key. No shots wasted as usual (I wondered why the guy with the spotlight was shown). Keeps getting better.
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