The Smiling Lieutenant (1931)

Directed by

Ernst Lubitsch

Genre

musical film, romantic comedy

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 70 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A charming lieutenant in Vienna is caught between a strict countess and a carefree violinist. He must navigate their conflicting affections and his own allegiance to the king.

romanticlightheartedplayfulwhimsicalcharmingbreezycomedic

What happens

The Smiling Lieutenant is a 1931 American pre-Code musical comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch, starring Maurice Chevalier, Claudette Colbert and Miriam Hopkins, and released by Paramount Pictures. It was written by Samson Raphaelson and Ernest Vajda from the operetta Ein Walzertraum by Oscar Straus, with libretto by Leopold Jacobson and Felix Dörmann, which in turn was based on the novel Nux, der Prinzgemahl ("Nux the Prince Consort") by Hans Müller-Einigen. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. This was the first of three films directed by Lubitsch and starring Miriam Hopkins. The other two were Trouble in Paradise and Design for Living. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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