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An Affair of States
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An Affair of States

1966-02-25 · 94 min · ★ 7.0

Comedy

Two female members of the Soviet military are supposed to kidnap the new American secret weapon at a disarmament conference. The highlight is the duel between Curd Jürgens and Lilli Palmer with vodka in a diplomatic back room. The stopover on the way to freedom is the editorial office of the large Warner publishing house in the USA. The film ends with a wedding in the context of international understanding.

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Production details

Directors
Sammy Drechsel
Production companies
Team-Film, Chronos Films
Countries
Austria, France, Germany
Status
Released

Top Cast

Lilli PalmerLilli PalmerOlga Nikolaijewna
Curd JürgensCurd JürgensDave O'Connor
Pascale PetitPascale PetitAnja Petrovna
Daniel GélinDaniel GélinBallard
Kurt MeiselKurt MeiselSapparov
Hellmut LangeHellmut LangeHarry Miller
Anthony SteelAnthony SteelMichael 'Mike' Astor
Edd StavjanikKoltchev
Stanislav LedinekStanislav Ledinek
Peter Wehle
Gustaf Elger
Gustaf Dennert
Peter Schmidberger
Hermann Laforet
Ursula Noack
Hans Jürgen DiedrichHans Jürgen Diedrich
Klaus HavensteinKlaus Havenstein
Dieter HildebrandtDieter Hildebrandt
Jürgen SchellerJürgen Scheller

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