The Smiling Lieutenant

The Smiling Lieutenant (1931)

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

  • Genre: Comedy, Romance
  • Release Date: 1931-08-01
  • User Rating: 6.8/10 from 54 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 29min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Paramount Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Ernst Lubitsch
star 6.9/10
From 54 Ratings
7.2

Summary

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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  • Maurice Chevalier

    as Lt. Nikolaus 'Niki' von Preyn
  • Claudette Colbert

    as Franzi
  • Miriam Hopkins

    as Princess Anna
  • Charles Ruggles

    as Max
  • George Barbier

    as King Adolf XV
  • Hugh O'Connell

    as Niki's Orderly
  • Maude Allen

    as Lady in Waiting (uncredited)
  • Granville Bates

    as Bill Collector (uncredited)
  • Harry C. Bradley

    as Count Von Holden (uncredited)
  • Carrie Daumery

    as Lady in Waiting (uncredited)
  • Ludwig Heinsich

    as Man (uncredited)
  • Cornelius MacSunday

    as Emperor Franz Josef (uncredited)
  • Elizabeth Patterson

    as Baroness Von Schwedel (uncredited)
  • Janet Reade

    as Lily (uncredited)
  • Werner Saxtorph

    as Joseph (uncredited)
  • Karl Stall

    as Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
  • Robert Strange

    as Colonel Rockoff (uncredited)
  • Charles Wagenheim

    as Arresting Officer (uncredited)
Directing Ernst Lubitsch Director
Writing Leopold Jacobson Opera
Writing Felix Dormann Opera
Writing Ernest Vajda Screenplay
Writing Samson Raphaelson Screenplay
Production Ernst Lubitsch Producer
Editing Merrill G. White Editor
Camera George J. Folsey Director of Photography
Writing Hans Müller Novel
Sound Oscar Straus Songs
Writing Ernst Lubitsch Writer
Sound C.A. Tuthill Sound
Art Hans Dreier Art Direction
Sound Ernest Zatorsky Sound
Crew Harry Froboess Stunts
Writing Clifford Grey Lyricist
Sound Oscar Straus Original Music Composer
Sound Adolph Deutsch Music Director
Sound Johnny Green Music Arranger
Sound Conrad Salinger Music Arranger
Production Milton Sperling Production Assistant

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