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The Smiling Lieutenant is an American comedy romance film first released in 1931,
directed by Ernst Lubitsch.
The film stars Maurice Chevalier, Claudette Colbert, Miriam Hopkins, Charles Ruggles and George Barbier.
Our overall rating for this film is: very good.
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Credits
- Director: Ernst Lubitsch
- Script: Leopold Jacobson, Felix Dormann, Hans Müller, Ernest Vajda, Samson Raphaelson, Jacques Bataille-Henri, Ernst Lubitsch
- Photo: George J. Folsey
- 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 (Woman Attendant), Granville Bates (Bill Collector), Harry C. Bradley (Count Von Halden), Ludwig Heinsich (Man), Lon MacSunday (Emperor), Elizabeth Patterson (Baroness von Schwedel), Janet Reade (Lily), Werner Saxtorph (Joseph), Karl Stall (Master of Ceremonies), Robert Strange (Col. Rockoff)
- Country: USA
- Language: French / English
- Runtime: 89 min; B&W
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Comedy / Romance / Musical


