Hilarious, bittersweet, and masterfully subtle. "Post-war romantic comedy" sounds inevitably dishonest, but Wilder builds it around the fractured, disillusioned humanity still wandering through the rubble (to which he was no stranger). I don't know how he made it work, but it does. There's nothing I can add about the ever-at-ease Marlene Dietrich.

A worldly-wise comedy that demonstrates how a little Old World corruption can have a humanizing effect on the moral absolutes of American culture overseas. The two leading ladies--both in their late forties--give outstanding performances, and the twilight of their beauty seems sweeter--and sadder--among the ruins of Berlin.

This must have been a subject close to Wilder's heart and he is sympathetic towards both the Germans and Americans. It's a well-constructed romcom with some clever farce elements, but as is often the case, Wilder's sense of humor just doesn't jibe with me. I can see why it's funny, but it falls flat with me. Maybe part of the problem is that I found Lund so despicable that I couldn't be forgiving towards him. Still, I appreciated the camerawork, the performances and the cleverness of the script.

In my eyes Jean Arthur can do no wrong but I really have to question the wisdom of doing this film. Lund's acting is so wooden it verges on unwatchable at times and I know when you get Marlene Dietrich you almost always get a song, but three is too many. Its a disease that unfortunately ends up infecting Arthur too. Was it too much to hope for that Dietrich's character ended up shot at the end, and why does she get so much male attention in all her films? She has a face like a scrubbed floor...

a couple good laughs, but most of the humor is lost on the current person. it's actually not bad at all considering it's so early in wilder's career, but if you were to take into account his later efforts this pales in comparison.

An indictment of puritanical and imperialistic ideology, an insightful understanding of the German post-war condition, and a depiction of American G.I.s as less than saintly. I'm sure this ruffled some feathers, even more so that Billy Wilder had the audacity to treat it comically. The three leads, entangled in a love triangle that is simultaneously tense and funny, turn out to be more complex than first let on. Marlene Dietrich in particular is outstanding.