In Cold War-era West Berlin, American Coca-Cola executive C.R. 'Mac' MacNamara is tasked with playing babysitter to his boss' spoiled 17-year-old daughter Scarlett, who proves more difficult than anticipated when she reveals that she is pregnant by a Communist.
Directed by Billy Wilder
prison
capitalist
berlin, germany
capitalism
clerk
cold war
pregnancy
soviet union
iron curtain
totalitarian regime
east berlin
west berlin
wedding
american abroad
heiress
daughter of the boss
baffled
cheerful
coca-cola
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
4.0 / 5
Cast
James Cagney
C.R. MacNamara
Horst Buchholz
Otto Ludwig Piffl
Pamela Tiffin
Scarlett Hazeltine
Arlene Francis
Phyllis MacNamara
Liselotte Pulver
Fräulein Ingeborg
Hanns Lothar
Schlemmer
Howard St. John
Wendell P. Hazeltine
Leon Askin
Peripetchikoff
Ralf Wolter
Borodenko
Karl Lieffen
Fritz
Hubert von Meyerinck
Count von Droste Schattenburg
Peter Capell
Mishkin
Crew
Billy Wilder
Director
I. A. L. Diamond
Screenplay
Billy Wilder
Screenplay
Daniel Mandell
Editor
Daniel L. Fapp
Director of Photography
Billy Wilder
Producer
Alexandre Trauner
Art Direction
Tom Pevsner
Assistant Director
André Previn
Conductor
I. A. L. Diamond
Associate Producer
Ferenc Molnár
Theatre Play
Popular Reviews
82 reviews
Amanda Kiffer
8.0★ · 04/04/26
When your anti-communist propaganda is lowkey goated
When your anti-communist propaganda is lowkey goated
Bryce
9.0★ · 04/01/26
A slow and bit sleepy start turns into one of the best pictures I've seen from Wilder. Cagney is amazing the gags you come to love from Wilder's writing are apparent here. The final hour is a thrill I would put it up there with other Iconic wilder sequences like the end of Witness For The Prosecution. It is so chaotic and so fun to watch with the goofy score in the background as they try to race the clock before Scarlett's father gets to Berlin. Amazing and an underrated classic as this gets overlooked compared to Some Like It Hot (1959) and The Apartment (1960)
A slow and bit sleepy start turns into one of the best pictures I've seen from Wilder. Cagney is amazing the gags you come to love from Wilder's writing are apparent here. The final hour is a thrill I would put it up there with other Iconic wilder sequences like the end of Witness For The Prosecution. It is so chaotic and so fun to watch with the goofy score in the background as they try to race the clock before Scarlett's father gets to Berlin. Amazing and an underrated classic as this gets overlooked compared to Some Like It Hot (1959) and The Apartment (1960)
carmen
9.0★ · 03/11/26
otto por las precarias✊🏻 espero que al final sí montase la revolución si se queda de conde postizo me rompe el corazón
otto por las precarias✊🏻 espero que al final sí montase la revolución si se queda de conde postizo me rompe el corazón
christy
9.0★ · 02/04/26
"Mother of Mercy, is this the end of Rico?"
A rapid fire comedy with an absolutely incredible script. One of Wilder's best, I loved all the previous film references. The script is elevated from how good it already was from the performances from the actors, James Cagney is incredible here.
"Mother of Mercy, is this the end of Rico?"
A rapid fire comedy with an absolutely incredible script. One of Wilder's best, I loved all the previous film references. The script is elevated from how good it already was from the performances from the actors, James Cagney is incredible here.
