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  • Actors: James Cagney, Horst Buchholz, Pamela Tiffin, Arlene Francis, Howard St. John
  • Directors: Billy Wilder
  • Writers: Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond, Ferenc Molnár
  • Producers: Billy Wilder, Doane Harrison, I.A.L. Diamond
  • Format: Black & White, PAL
  • Language English, German, Russian
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: U
  • Studio: MGM Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 7 Jun 2004
  • Run Time: 104 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0001Y9YLQ
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 22,532 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Billy Wilder's Cold War satire, derived from an energetic Molnar comedy the director had seen in 1929, probably owes as much to NINOTCHKA, perhaps the best known film of his idol Ernst Lubitsch. It stars James Cagney as C.J. MacNamara, a Coca-Cola executive who comes to West Berlin to promote the sugary brew on the other side of the Iron Curtain, hoping, in the process, to be promoted to the post of director of West European operations. He soon learns that his real job is babysitting his boss's 17-year-old daughter Scarlett (Pamela Tiffin), who has secretly married volatile Communist Otto Piffl (Horst Bucholz) during her soujourn. By the time McNamara learns this small detail, his boss (Howard St. John) is about to arrive in Berlin. After he gets Piffl arrested by the East German police, who torture him by forcing him to listen to "Itsy-Bitsy-Teeny-Weeny Yellow Polka-dot Bikini" repeatedly, C.J. finds out that Scarlett is pregnant, and realises he has only twelve hours to get Piffl released and turn him into an acceptable son-in-law for his boss. Wilder's anarchic satire targets Communism, Coca-Cola, rock n' roll, bureaucratic inefficiency, teenage lust, middle-aged lust, and everything else which wanders into range in this briskly paced farce, which features a vigorous James Cagney in his last leading screen role.

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37 of 41 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars hilariously funny, 1 Oct 2004
By Klaus van Amelrode "kmcva" - See all my reviews
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Billy Wilder's "One, Two, Three" was at the time of release in 1961 not extremely sucessful. The cold war was in full swing. Taking ot the micky of Americans, Russians and Germans in the post-war-period was properly too close to reality and too difficult to stomach for the general public. This is understandable as one should not forget that the Berlin Wall, the barrier surrounding West Berlin and symbol of the Cold War, was built on August 13, 1961, the very year of the release of this movie. Having been raised in West-Berlin and having lived most of my life with the Berlin Wall I am especially sensitive to this. The movie shows a divided Berlin but without a wall - now we are in a united Berlin!!
Otherwise the movie is hilariously funny and I enjoyed every minute of it. I love the parody of the Russians, Germans and Americans. Should we laugh a bit more about us and take things less serious....
5 stars are well deserved
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Billy Wilder at his best, 25 Jun 2004
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This is probably one of the funniest films I have ever watched. Acid, witty, frenetic, brilliant, master Wilder succeeds again in taking very serious subjects and human miseries and distort them in a millimetrical farse that first makes you laugh and then makes you think. American merciless capitalism, Soviet communism and its cruelty, Cold War and Berlin tragic division, love, deceit, decadence and ambition coincide in a breathtaking race against time. To name a few spectacular moments, the Soviet negotiation embassy (possibly a tribute to Ninotchka), the meeting at the Hotel Potemkin (formerly Hotel Goering and Hotel Bismarck before that), the escape from East Berlin, the parody of Soviet police or MacNamara's assistant, who pretends not knowing anything about the SS and World War II because he was just a driver in Berlin underground. A timeless masterpiece that will leave you exhausted, will renew faith in cinema and will teach you to laugh at yourself.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A hidden gem, 25 Aug 2001
This review is from: One, Two, Three [VHS] [1961] (VHS Tape)
Amazingly, this film is unknown to most fans of Billy Wilder and James Cagney, but it is well worth the effort. It is funny & fresh and not a little cynical about the early post-war clash of capitalism & communism in Berlin. You won't be disappointed.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Fast, furious and very LOUD!!!
Set just before the Berlin Wall went up and giving James Cagney's Coca Cola executive the impossible task of turning his boss's daughter's new East German communist husband into a... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars "Bury us, but don't MARRY us!"
Set your time machine for 1961 and go back to the days of Khrushchev, Kennedy, and the height of the Cold War. Read more
Published on 26 Oct 2004 by Kona

5.0 out of 5 stars a late success
Billy Wilder's "One, Two, Three" was at the time of release in 1961 not extremely sucessful. The cold war was in full swing. Read more
Published on 21 Sep 2004 by Klaus van Amelrode

5.0 out of 5 stars Hilariously funny
Billy Wilder's "One, Two, Three" was at the time of release in 1961 not extremely sucessful. The cold war was in full swing. Read more
Published on 15 Sep 2004 by Klaus van Amelrode

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