The Smiling Lieutenant (1931)
1h 29min
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Maurice Chevalier laughing and loving again in Ernst Lubitsch's sparkling cocktail of romantic merriment
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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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Directed by: Ernst Lubitsch, George J. Folsey, Adolph Deutsch
Written by: Ernst Lubitsch
Produced by: Ernst Lubitsch
Composed by: Oscar Straus
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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

Granville Bates
Bill Collector (uncredited)

Harry C. Bradley
Count Von Holden (uncredited)

Carrie Daumery
Lady in Waiting (uncredited)

Elizabeth Patterson
Baroness Von Schwedel (uncredited)
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