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The Smiling Lieutenant

Maurice Chevalier laughing and loving again in Ernst Lubitsch's sparkling cocktail of romantic merriment

  • Movie
  • 1931
  • NR
  • 1h 29m

Directed by Ernst Lubitsch

6.8

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6.8 out of 10 from 72 votes

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An amorous lieutenant is forced to marry a socially awkward princess, though he tries to keep his violin-playing girlfriend on the side.

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Cast and crew

  • Maurice Chevalier

    Maurice ChevalierLt. Nikolaus 'Niki' von Preyn

  • Claudette Colbert

    Claudette ColbertFranzi

  • Miriam Hopkins

    Miriam HopkinsPrincess Anna

  • Charles Ruggles

    Charles RugglesMax

  • George Barbier

    George BarbierKing Adolf XV

  • Hugh O'Connell

    Hugh O'ConnellNiki's Orderly

  • Maude AllenLady in Waiting (uncredited)

  • Granville Bates

    Granville BatesBill Collector (uncredited)

  • Harry C. Bradley

    Harry C. BradleyCount Von Holden (uncredited)

  • Carrie Daumery

    Carrie DaumeryLady in Waiting (uncredited)

  • Ludwig HeinsichMan (uncredited)

  • Cornelius MacSundayEmperor Franz Josef (uncredited)

  • Elizabeth Patterson

    Elizabeth PattersonBaroness Von Schwedel (uncredited)

  • Janet ReadeLily (uncredited)

  • Werner SaxtorphJoseph (uncredited)

  • Karl StallMaster of Ceremonies (uncredited)

  • Robert Strange

    Robert StrangeColonel Rockoff (uncredited)

  • Charles Wagenheim

    Charles WagenheimArresting Officer (uncredited)

Director
Ernst Lubitsch
Writer
Samson Raphaelson, Ernest Vajda and Hans Müller
Music
Oscar Straus
Cinematography
George J. Folsey