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''The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz'' is a Cold War bawdy comedy movie about an East German Olympian (Creator/ElkeSommer) who spontaneously defects to the West. She falls in love with a black market czar (Creator/BobCrane) who spends most of the movie trying to pay off his considerable debts by betraying Paula to the bumbling officials trying to take her back to East Germany (most of whom are played by Crane's German co-stars from the popular war comedy ''Series/HogansHeroes'').

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''The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz'' is a Cold War bawdy 1968 UsefulNotes/ColdWar comedy movie film directed by George Marshall, about an East German Olympian (Creator/ElkeSommer) who spontaneously defects to the West. She falls in love with a black market czar (Creator/BobCrane) (Creator/BobCrane), who spends most of the movie trying attempting to pay off his considerable debts by betraying Paula to the bumbling officials trying to take her back to East Germany (most of whom are played by Crane's German co-stars from the popular war comedy ''Series/HogansHeroes'').
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* TheNapoleon: The colonel in charge of local StateSec operations is a short man with a HairTriggerTemper. He dishes out regular death threats and stands on a stool to look down on his subordinates.

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''The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz'' is a Cold War bawdy comedy movie about an East German Olympian (Creator/ElkeSommer) who defects to the West and falls in love with a black market czar (Creator/BobCrane) who spends most of the movie trying to pay off his considerable debts by betraying Paula to the bumbling officials trying to take her back to East Germany (most of whom are played by Crane's German co-stars from the popular war comedy ''Series/HogansHeroes'').

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''The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz'' is a Cold War bawdy comedy movie about an East German Olympian (Creator/ElkeSommer) who spontaneously defects to the West and West. She falls in love with a black market czar (Creator/BobCrane) who spends most of the movie trying to pay off his considerable debts by betraying Paula to the bumbling officials trying to take her back to East Germany (most of whom are played by Crane's German co-stars from the popular war comedy ''Series/HogansHeroes'').



* AwfulWeddedLife: Mason's old friend, CIA agent Herb Sweeney, and his wife Barbra have a very unaffectionate marriage and it only gets worse (after a HopeSpot that their spark might be rekindling) after the events of the film lead to Barbara being briefly kidnapped, [[MistakenForProstitute mistaken for a prostitute]], and spending the night in jail due to Herb and Mason's friendship. This leaves Herb in a state of depression and is never resolved before the final scene.

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* AwfulWeddedLife: Mason's old friend, CIA agent Herb Sweeney, and his wife Barbra Barbara have a very unaffectionate marriage and it marriage It only gets worse (after (despite a HopeSpot that their spark might be rekindling) after the events of the film lead to Barbara being briefly kidnapped, [[MistakenForProstitute mistaken for a prostitute]], and spending the night in jail due to Herb and Mason's friendship. This leaves Herb in a state of depression and is never resolved before the final scene.



* DefectorFromCommieLand: Paula Schultz is a prominent East German athlete who doesn't find life in the east ideal but defects rather spontaneously by pole-vaulting over the Berlin Wall after assistant minister Klaus's unwelcome advances leave her completely disillusioned and afraid for her future if she stays in East Germany. [[spoiler:She temporarily returns after being disillusioned with the west, but then defects again, with Klaus and agent Weber defecting as well to avoid being shot for allowing her escape.]]

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* DefectorFromCommieLand: Paula Schultz is a prominent East German athlete who doesn't find life in the east East ideal but defects rather spontaneously by pole-vaulting over the Berlin Wall after assistant minister Klaus's unwelcome advances leave her completely disillusioned and afraid for her future if she stays in East Germany. [[spoiler:She temporarily returns after being disillusioned with the west, West, but then defects again, with Klaus and agent Weber defecting as well to avoid being shot for allowing her escape.]]



* NakedPeopleAreFunny:Characters getting stripped down to their underwear and Paula's blouse accidentally being torn off while Klaus is pinning a medal on it all get played fo slapstick laughs.

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* NakedPeopleAreFunny:Characters NakedPeopleAreFunny: Characters getting stripped down to their underwear and Paula's blouse accidentally being torn off while Klaus is pinning a medal on it all it get played fo for slapstick laughs.
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''The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz'' is a Cold War bawdy comedy movie about an East German Olympian (Creator/ElkeSommer) who defects to the West and falls in love with a black market czar (Creator/BobCrane) who spends most of the movie trying to pay off his considerable debts by betraying Paula to the bumbling officials trying to take her back to East Germany (most of whom are played by Crane's German co-stars from the popular war comedy ''Series/HogansHeroes'').

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* AttractiveBentGender: In the final act, Mason disguises himself as a female track runner and gets groped by a man who offers him a ride.
* AwfulWeddedLife: Mason's old friend, CIA agent Herb Sweeney, and his wife Barbra have a very unaffectionate marriage and it only gets worse (after a HopeSpot that their spark might be rekindling) after the events of the film lead to Barbara being briefly kidnapped, [[MistakenForProstitute mistaken for a prostitute]], and spending the night in jail due to Herb and Mason's friendship. This leaves Herb in a state of depression and is never resolved before the final scene.
---> '''Herb''': Before, she just hated me. Now she loathes me.
* DefectorFromCommieLand: Paula Schultz is a prominent East German athlete who doesn't find life in the east ideal but defects rather spontaneously by pole-vaulting over the Berlin Wall after assistant minister Klaus's unwelcome advances leave her completely disillusioned and afraid for her future if she stays in East Germany. [[spoiler:She temporarily returns after being disillusioned with the west, but then defects again, with Klaus and agent Weber defecting as well to avoid being shot for allowing her escape.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Assistant Minister Klaus is introduced as a snide, slightly misogynistic man who is bored by Paula's efforts to talk for herself. Later, he tells her that he agrees with her about feeling stifled by East Germany's society, but this is just part of a sleazy effort to trick her into being his mistress.
* MilesGloriosus: East German agent Weber brags that he's single-handedly recaptured four defectors. The colonel sneers [[NoodleIncident that the oldest of those defectors was fifteen and the youngest was nine.]]
* MsFanservice: Paula is a trim young athlete who gets a lot of scenes in her underwear, ToplessFromTheBack, or in a ModestyTowel.
* NakedPeopleAreFunny:Characters getting stripped down to their underwear and Paula's blouse accidentally being torn off while Klaus is pinning a medal on it all get played fo slapstick laughs.
* TheNapoleon: The colonel in charge of local StateSec operations is a short man with a HairTriggerTemper. He dishes out regular death threats and stands on a stool to look down on his subordinates.

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