The Smiling Lieutenant

Aug 1, 1931

1h 29m

★ 6.9

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

Overview

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

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

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Cast

Lt. Nikolaus 'Niki' von Preyn

Maurice Chevalier

Franzi

Claudette Colbert

Princess Anna

Miriam Hopkins

Max

Charles Ruggles

King Adolf XV

George Barbier

Niki's Orderly

Hugh O'Connell

Lady in Waiting (uncredited)

Maude Allen

Bill Collector (uncredited)

Granville Bates

Count Von Holden (uncredited)

Harry C. Bradley

Lady in Waiting (uncredited)

Carrie Daumery

Man (uncredited)

Ludwig Heinsich

Emperor Franz Josef (uncredited)

Cornelius MacSunday

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