The Smiling Lieutenant (1931)

Name: The Smiling Lieutenant
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: 1931-08-01
Duration: 89 min
Cast: Maurice Chevalier, Claudette Colbert, Miriam Hopkins, Charles Ruggles, George Barbier

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

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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Released 1931-08-01 · 89 min · Comedy, Romance

Directed by Ernst Lubitsch

Cast

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)