1931
6.9 (56 votes)
1h 29m
Genres
Comedy
Romance
Production Companies
Paramount Pictures
The Smiling Lieutenant
Maurice Chevalier laughing and loving again in Ernst Lubitsch's sparkling cocktail of romantic merriment
Overview
An amorous lieutenant is forced to marry a socially awkward princess, though he tries to keep his violin-playing girlfriend on the side.
Key Crew
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Screenplay: Ernest Vajda, Samson Raphaelson
Producer: Ernst Lubitsch
Director of Photography: George J. Folsey
Writer: Ernst Lubitsch
Top 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
Lady in Waiting (uncredited)
Granville Bates
Bill Collector (uncredited)
