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A Foreign Affair

1948 · 116 min · Director: Billy Wilder ★ IMDb 7.3 · 9,661 ratings

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In occupied Berlin, a US Army Captain is torn between an ex-Nazi cafe singer and the US Congresswoman investigating her.

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A Foreign Affair (1948) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 30%, Love 25%, Confusion 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

30%Humor
25%Love
  1. Humor30%
  2. Love25%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Love, Confusion. Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Love and Confusion. Its IMDb rating of 7.3/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 72/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Humor
  • Curiosity
  • Tension

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Tension

Humor
Curiosity
Tension
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 78 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorCuriosityTension
2.5 %≈ 3′Humor42 %38 %32 %9 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Humor45 %44 %29 %10 %
12.5 %≈ 15′Humor50 %48 %33 %18 %
17.5 %≈ 20′Humor53 %45 %38 %25 %
22.5 %≈ 26′Sadness53 %45 %33 %17 %
27.5 %≈ 32′Humor54 %50 %31 %14 %
32.5 %≈ 38′Humor55 %49 %43 %27 %
37.5 %≈ 44′Curiosity56 %41 %54 %39 %
42.5 %≈ 49′Curiosity59 %41 %56 %43 %
47.5 %≈ 55′Humor61 %51 %46 %36 %
52.5 %≈ 61′Humor60 %55 %35 %29 %
57.5 %≈ 67′Humor56 %51 %35 %31 %
62.5 %≈ 73′Humor57 %50 %33 %30 %
67.5 %≈ 78′Love63 %49 %25 %21 %
72.5 %≈ 84′Love68 %53 %25 %23 %
77.5 %≈ 90′Humor70 %51 %33 %39 %
82.5 %≈ 96′Tension66 %35 %36 %48 %
87.5 %≈ 102′Sadness64 %23 %35 %46 %
92.5 %≈ 107′Tension68 %28 %34 %48 %
97.5 %≈ 113′Humor68 %42 %28 %40 %
Oedipus

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

JL
John Lund

Pv
Peter von Zerneck

SP
Stanley Prager

SP
Stanley Prager

Mike

WM
William Murphy

WM
William Murphy

Joe

GJ
Gordon Jones

GJ
Gordon Jones

Military Police

FS
Freddie Steele

RB
Raymond Bond

BD
Boyd Davis

Giffin

RM
Robert Malcolm

Kramer

CM
Charles Meredith

Yandell

MR
Michael Raffetto

Salvatore

JL
James Larmore

Lieutenant Hornby

DO
Damian O'Flynn

Lieutenant Colonel

FF
Frank Fenton

Major Mathews

HT
Harland Tucker

General McAndrew

GM
George M. Carleton

General Finney

NA
Nick Abramoff

Russian Soldier (uncredited)

Details

Directed by
Billy Wilder
Written by
Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett, Richard L. Breen
Type
Movies
Released
1948
Runtime
116 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.3 · 9,661 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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