The Smiling Lieutenant
“Maurice Chevalier laughing and loving again in Ernst Lubitsch's sparkling cocktail of romantic merriment”
1931•NR•1h 29m•6.8•Released
ComedyRomance
An amorous lieutenant is forced to marry a socially awkward princess, though he tries to keep his violin-playing girlfriend on the side.
Director
Ernst Lubitsch
Writer
Samson Raphaelson, Ernest Vajda, Ernst Lubitsch
Languages
French, English
Studio
Paramount Pictures
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)
Elizabeth Patterson
Baroness Von Schwedel (uncredited)
Janet Reade
Lily (uncredited)
Werner Saxtorph
Joseph (uncredited)
Production
Company
Paramount Pictures
Producer
Ernst Lubitsch
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