The Smiling Lieutenant

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Directed by

Ernst Lubitsch

Starring (View all)

Maurice Chevalier
Niki

Claudette Colbert
Franzi

Miriam Hopkins
Princess Anna

Charles Ruggles
Max

George Barbier
King Adolph XV

Hugh O'Connell
Niki's Orderly

Maude Allen
Lady in Waiting

Granville Bates
Bill Collector

Written by

Samson Raphaelson
(screenplay)

Ernst Lubitsch
uncredited

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Release date: 1 August 1931

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"Ernst Lubitsch is an auteur whose work is so whimsical, witty, and charming, especially in his “touch,” and "The Smiling Lieutenant" is certainly no exception. In Vienna, the charming wink Lieutenant Niki Von Preyn (Maurice Chevalier) falls in love with a violinist Franzi (Claudette Colbert), the leader of an all-female orchestra. Meanwhile, Princess Anna (Miriam Hopkins) and King Adolf XV (George Barbier) of Flausenthurm arrive in Vienna and she falls in love with the lieutenant, but the tw"