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The Smiling Lieutenant
Directed by
Ernst Lubitsch
Not Rated
1931
89m
Comedy
,
Musical
,
and more
7.1
88%
65%
6.8
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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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Cast of The Smiling Lieutenant
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)
Karl Stall
Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
Robert Strange
Colonel Rockoff (uncredited)
Charles Wagenheim
Arresting Officer (uncredited)
Ernst Lubitsch
Director / Writer / Producer
Samson Raphaelson
Screenplay
The Smiling Lieutenant Ratings & Reviews
Variety
Variety Staff
The drought is in the disappointing Oscar Straus score of four numbers.
CinePassion
Fernando F. Croce
Lubitsch's glissando rhythm is a thin veneer that never softens the essential cruelty of the story
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
Charming lightweight musical.
New York Times
Mordaunt Hall
Wit and melody swing through Maurice Chevalier's latest picture.
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
It's quintessential Lubitsch in the way it suggests sexual dalliance with the brightening or darkening of a gas lamp outside a bedroom.
TV Guide
The players are so good, the dialogue (by Lubitsch, Ernest Vajda and Samson Raphaelson) so witty, and the direction so skillful that no one minds the logic lapses.
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Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
This is one of Lubitsch's best films, and that's saying a lot.
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