The Berlin Affair (1985) [Germany]

Review: The Italian-German co-production The Berlin Affair (1985) comes to us from acclaimed director of The Night Porter (1974), Liliana Cavani! The film begins in the titular city in 1938 where Louise von Hollendorf (Gudrun Landgrebe), wife of high-ranking German diplomat Heinz (Kevin McNally), recounts the tale of the last several years as she and Heinz became romantically entangled with Japanese diplomat’s daughter—and former classmate of Louise—Mitsuko Matsugae (Mio Takaki). The decade between Night Porter and Berlin Affair certainly mellowed Cavani, as the former film’s multiple (often disturbing) nude scenes are replaced here by some sexy sapphic scenes between Gudrun Landgrebe and Mio Takaki, one of which features the beautiful bare buns of Mio! Throw in bonus boobage from nude model Silke Meyer and this turned out to be an Affair to re-MAM-ber!