The Smiling Lieutenant

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

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

1931

Comedy·Romance

1h 29min

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Top Billed 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)
Harry C. Bradley
Count Von Holden (uncredited)
Carrie Daumery
Lady in Waiting (uncredited)
Ludwig Heinsich
Man (uncredited)
Cornelius MacSunday
Emperor Franz Josef (uncredited)
Elizabeth Patterson
Baroness Von Schwedel (uncredited)
Janet Reade
Lily (uncredited)
Werner Saxtorph
Joseph (uncredited)
Karl Stall
Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
Robert Strange
Colonel Rockoff (uncredited)
Charles Wagenheim
Arresting Officer (uncredited)

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