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A Foreign Affair

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  • Thursday, Feb 20

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A Foreign Affair

Screening & Lecture with Jeff Hughes and NYU German Department Graduate Student Philippe-André Lorenz

1948. 116 m. Billy Wilder. Universal Pictures. US. English/German. Rated NR.

In occupied Berlin, a US Army Captain (John Lund) is torn between an ex-Nazi cafe singer (Marlene Dietrich) and the US Congresswoman (Jean Arthur) investigating her.

After the screening, stay for a lecture and discussion featuring writer and academic Jeff Hughes alongside Philippe-André Lorenz from the German Department at New York University. 

Catch more screenings and lectures as part of the Cinema Studies: Billy Wilder series in February, featuring Ace in the Hole, Love in the Afternoon, and A Foreign Affair. Members pay just $25 per session saving an extra $10 per session when you purchase tickets to all three Billy Wilder Cinema Studies. Don’t miss this incredible deal for members!

"That great ex-Berliner Wilder's cynical, darkly funny look at postwar Berlin—a hive of bombed-out buildings, desperate citizens and black-market morality, run by the U.S. military with a slightly blind eye."
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune

SPECIAL EVENTS

Screening and Lecture with NYU Tisch Cinema Studies Graduate Jeff Hughes

Screening and Lecture with NYU Tisch Cinema Studies Graduate Jeff Hughes

Thursday, Feb. 20 2025, 1:30

  • Jeff Hughes holds multiple degrees from the Martin Scorsese Department of Cinema Studies at New York University, focusing his research on American political cinema, the movie musical and the films of Sidney Lumet. He is currently in the American Studies program at Rutgers-Newark. During his 20-year absence from academia, he authored four plays and two musicals, and founded Boardwalk Theatre Company, an organization dedicated to after-school education in underserved communities such as Asbury Park, NJ. He was the recipient of the 2009 Richard Rodgers Awards, administered by the American Academy of Arts & Letters. He is the founder and editor-in-chief of DaBearsBlog.com, the nation's leading Chicago Bears website, which will celebrate its 20th season in 2025.
  • For the lecture and Q&A, Jeff will by joined by Philippe-André Lorenz from the German Department at New York University.

Tickets: $35 (members), $40 (nonmembers)

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This film is part of the Cinema Studies: Billy Wilder series.



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