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The Smiling Lieutenant (1931)

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Overview

Director:
Ernst Lubitsch
Writers:
Leopold Jacobson (operetta) and
Felix Dormann (operetta) ...
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Release Date:
1 August 1931 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Romance | Musical more
Plot:
Lieutenant Niki of the Austrian royal guard has a new girlfriend, Franzi. He's crazy about her, and is smiling at her while on duty in the street... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. more
NewsDesk:
"Kilometre Zero," "Lubitsch Musicals" (From IFC. 4 March 2008, 4:00 AM, PST)
User Comments:
Delightful confection more

Cast

 (Complete credited cast)

Maurice Chevalier ... Lt. Nikolaus 'Niki' von Preyn

Claudette Colbert ... Franzi
Miriam Hopkins ... Princess Anna
Charles Ruggles ... Max (as Charlie Ruggles)
George Barbier ... King Adolf XV
Hugh O'Connell ... Niki's Orderly
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Additional Details

Runtime:
89 min (cut version) | 93 min (original version)
Country:
USA
Language:
French | English
Aspect Ratio:
1.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)
Certification:
USA:Passed (National Board of Review)
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Trivia:
The delightful rhythmic underscoring of the film which comments ironically on the mood of the characters may be the first work of the great orchestrator, Conrad Salinger, whose magnificent symphonic arrangements set the style of the MGM musicals of the 1940s and 50s. Salinger was a pupil of Delius. more
Quotes:
Franzi: Jazz up your lingerie! more
Movie Connections:
Version of Walzertraum, Ein (1925) more
Soundtrack:
While Hearts Are Singing more

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3 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
Delightful confection, 23 May 2003
Author: jaykay-10

If you like cotton candy, or maybe a marshmallow sundae with sprinkles and a cherry on top, this picture will be among your favorites. What could be more appealing than a Lubitsch romantic comedy with its characteristic sly innuendos? Perhaps one that is set in a palace, with uniformed guards, ladies-in-waiting, and pageantry that no one takes seriously. More appealing than that? All of the above, with music. Want more? The casting is perfect: a flirtatious, mugging Chevalier; a young and nicely naughty Claudette Colbert; and most notably Miriam Hopkins effectively playing the extremes - a prim, virginal innocent who learns the ways of a vamp in order to hold her man. As her father, George Barbier contributes impressively, too. Great fun; one of Lubitsch's best.

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