In West Berlin during the Cold War, a Coca-Cola executive is given the task of taking care of his boss' socialite daughter.In West Berlin during the Cold War, a Coca-Cola executive is given the task of taking care of his boss' socialite daughter.In West Berlin during the Cold War, a Coca-Cola executive is given the task of taking care of his boss' socialite daughter.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 win & 8 nominations total
- Fräulein Ingeborg
- (as Lilo Pulver)
- Melanie Hazeltine
- (as Lois Bolton)
- Krause
- (voice)
- …
- Cindy MacNamara
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThe film recorded a loss of $1.6 million. It didn't do well at either the U.S. or German box office because the story felt much more sinister in 1961 when the Berlin Wall was erected.
- GoofsSchlemmer calls his former superior officer in the SS "Herr Oberleutnant". The SS had no rank of Oberleutnant nor did its members call each other Herr. Oberleutnant was a German Army rank. The corresponding SS rank was Obersturmführer. In the German (dubbed) version, Schlemmer correctly addresses him as "Obersturmführer".
- Quotes
Borodenko: When will papers be ready?
C.R. Macnamara: I'll put my secretary right to work on it.
Mishkin: Your secretary? She's that blonde lady?
C.R. Macnamara: That's the one.
Peripetchikoff: [after conferring with the others] You will send papers to East Berlin with blonde lady in triplicate.
C.R. Macnamara: You want the papers in triplicate, or the blonde in triplicate?
Peripetchikoff: See what you can do.
- ConnectionsEdited into Amérique, notre histoire (2006)
Wilder plays no favorites -- and he takes no prisoners -- here. Everything within his considerable reach (the Cold War, the postwar era, spy-exchanges, Communism, capitalism, European aristocrats, idealism and cynicism, JUST for starters) is lampooned equally. (Even at least one of Cagney's early performances, in "Public Enemy," takes a shot.)
Frankly, I'm surprised this film today has so many staunch fans who weren't around back when so much of its humor was "topical." Its ongoing appeal has to be attributed both to Wilder's pacing and to James Cagney's hallmark performance as McNamara (a poster child for high blood-pressure if ever there was one). Neither he nor Wilder ever let up, ably aided by a solid cast (Horst Bucholtz in particular, strangely enough!) who manage somehow always to catch up.
"One, Two, Three:" that's how fast the gags fly. See if you can keep up.
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- Feb 1, 2002
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- 1, 2, 3
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- $3,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 44 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1
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