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The Smiling Lieutenant

Release Year
1931
Runtime
1h 29m
Genres
Comedy
Romance
Directed By
Ernst Lubitsch
The Smiling Lieutenant

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

Cast & Crew

Cast

Maurice Chevalier

Lt. Nikolaus 'Niki' von Preyn

Claudette Colbert

Franzi

Miriam Hopkins

Princess Anna

Charles Ruggles

Max

George Barbier

King Adolf XV

Hugh O'Connell

Niki's Orderly

Maude Allen

Lady in Waiting (uncredited)

Granville Bates

Bill Collector (uncredited)

Harry C. Bradley

Count Von Holden (uncredited)

Carrie Daumery

Lady in Waiting (uncredited)

Ludwig Heinsich

Man (uncredited)

Cornelius MacSunday

Emperor Franz Josef (uncredited)

Crew

Ernst Lubitsch

Director

Ernest Vajda

Screenplay

Samson Raphaelson

Screenplay

George J. Folsey

Director of Photography

Oscar Straus

Original Music Composer

Merrill G. White

Editor

Ernst Lubitsch

Producer

Hans Müller

Novel

Ernst Lubitsch

Writer

Leopold Jacobson

Opera

Felix Dormann

Opera

Clifford Grey

Lyricist

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