---
title: 'The Berlin Affair (1985)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Liliana Cavani'
released: '1985-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 114
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-berlin-affair-1985'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088789/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Berlin Affair (1985)

1985 · 114 min · Drama · Germany, Italy

Original title: Interno berlinese

## Synopsis

The Berlin Affair is a 1985 Italian-German film, directed by Liliana Cavani and starring Gudrun Landgrebe, Kevin McNally and Mio Takaki. Set in Berlin, 1938, it sees the wife of a rising Nazi diplomat fall in love with Mitsuko Matsugae, the daughter of the Japanese ambassador and an artist. Her husband finds out, and moves to break up the affair. However he soon falls in love with Mitsuko himself, leading to the intervention of officials higher in the system. The film is based upon the novel Quicksand by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Liliana Cavani](https://cinepixo.com/people/liliana-cavani)
- **Screenplay:** [Liliana Cavani](https://cinepixo.com/people/liliana-cavani), [Roberta Mazzoni](https://cinepixo.com/people/roberta-mazzoni)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Pino Donaggio](https://cinepixo.com/people/pino-donaggio)
- **Producer:** [Menahem Golan](https://cinepixo.com/people/menahem-golan), [Yoram Globus](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoram-globus), [Italian International Film](https://cinepixo.com/people/italian-international-film)
- **Director of Photography:** [Dante Spinotti](https://cinepixo.com/people/dante-spinotti)
- **Editor:** [Ruggero Mastroianni](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruggero-mastroianni)

## Cast

- [Mio Takaki](https://cinepixo.com/people/mio-takaki)
- [Philippe Leroy](https://cinepixo.com/people/philippe-leroy)
- [John Steiner](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-steiner)
- [Andrea Prodan](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrea-prodan)
- [Kevin McNally](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-mcnally)
- [Gudrun Landgrebe](https://cinepixo.com/people/gudrun-landgrebe)
- [Hanns Zischler](https://cinepixo.com/people/hanns-zischler)
- [Massimo Girotti](https://cinepixo.com/people/massimo-girotti)
- [William Berger](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-berger)

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