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One, Two, Three
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*One, Two, Three* is a 1961 American black-and-white comedy film directed, produced, and co-written by Billy Wilder alongside I. A. L. Diamond. The cast includes James Cagney, Horst Buchholz, Pamela Tiffin, and Arlene Francis. André Previn composed the score, while Daniel L. Fapp served as director of photography and Daniel Mandell as film editor. The narrative is set in Berlin, where the film was also shot. Production was handled by The Mirisch Company and United Artists, with distribution by United Artists and Netflix.
The film’s runtime varies by source, listed as 115, 109, or 104 minutes. It was released on December 15, 1961, and December 18, 1961. The original languages are English and German. The main subject is the Cold War. The film received a Metascore of 73 and an Rotten Tomatoes rating of 88%. It was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards, including Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, and received one Oscar nomination with one win and eight total nominations.
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7.5In 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.
Cast
- James Cagney as C.R. MacNamara
- Horst Buchholz as Otto Ludwig Piffl
- Pamela Tiffin as Scarlett Hazeltine
- Arlene Francis as Phyllis MacNamara
- Liselotte Pulver as Fräulein Ingeborg
- Hanns Lothar as Schlemmer
Themes
- prison
- capitalist
- berlin, germany
- capitalism
- clerk
- cold war
- pregnancy
- soviet union
- iron curtain
- totalitarian regime
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Ratings
IMDb
7.8/10
23,993 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
88%
Metacritic
73/100
- Year
- 1961
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Genres
- Comedy
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 8 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Billy Wilder
- Screenplay by
- I. A. L. Diamond , Billy Wilder
- Based on
- Egy, kettő, három , by Ferenc Molnár
- Produced by
- Billy Wilder
- Starring
- James Cagney , Horst Buchholz , Pamela Tiffin , Arlene Francis
- Cinematography
- Daniel L. Fapp
- Edited by
- Daniel Mandell
- Music by
- André Previn
- Production companies
- The Mirisch Company , Pyramid Productions, A. G.
- Distributed by
- United Artists
- Release date
- December 15, 1961 ( 1961-12-15 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 104 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Languages
- English German Russian
- Budget
- $3 million or $2 million
- Box office
- $4 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- German
- Main subject
- Cold War
- Director
- Billy Wilder
- Screenwriter
- I. A. L. Diamond
- Composer
- André Previn
- Producer
- Billy Wilder
- Production company
- United Artists
- Cinematographer
- Daniel L. Fapp
- Duration
- 115
- FilmAffinity ID
- 459265
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- One two three43.jpg
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- publication date
- 1961-00-00
- film editor
- Daniel Mandell
- title
- One, Two, Three
- narrator
- James Cagney
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- described at URL
- www.spiegel.de/kultur/wie-gehts-mein-kleiner-zwetschgenroester-a-7fcaf982-0002-0001-0000-000013518642
- review score
- 73/100
- Commons category
- One, Two, Three
- capital cost
- 3000000
- box office
- 4000000
Sources (15)
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Encyclopedic overview
Theatrical trailer One, Two, Three is a 1961 American political comedy film directed by Billy Wilder, and written by Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond. It is based on the 1929 Hungarian one-act play Egy, kettő, három by Ferenc Molnár, with a "plot borrowed partly from" Ninotchka, a 1939 film co-written by Wilder. The film stars James Cagney, Horst Buchholz, Liselotte Pulver, Pamela Tiffin, Arlene Francis, Leon Askin and Howard St. John. It would be Cagney's last film appearance until Ragtime in 1981, 20 years later.
The film is primarily set in West Berlin during the Cold War, but before the construction of the Berlin Wall, and politics is predominant in the premise. The film is known for its quick pace.
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