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Maurice Chevalier laughing and loving again in Ernst Lubitsch's sparkling cocktail of romantic merriment

The Smiling Lieutenant

6.8 / 10 6.8 1931 1h 29mNR

ComedyRomance

An amorous lieutenant is forced to marry a socially awkward princess, though he tries to keep his violin-playing girlfriend on the side.

Directed by Ernst Lubitsch

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CAST

The people behind the story

Maurice Chevalier

Maurice ChevalierLt. Nikolaus 'Niki' von Preyn

Claudette Colbert

Claudette ColbertFranzi

Miriam Hopkins

Miriam HopkinsPrincess Anna

Charles Ruggles

Charles RugglesMax

George Barbier

George BarbierKing Adolf XV

Hugh O'Connell

Hugh O'ConnellNiki's Orderly

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Maude AllenLady in Waiting (uncredited)

Granville Bates

Granville BatesBill Collector (uncredited)