The Smiling Lieutenant
(1931)
Overview
An amorous lieutenant is forced to marry a socially awkward princess, though he tries to keep his violin-playing girlfriend on the side.
Director
Ernst Lubitsch
Writers
Samson Raphaelson, Ernest Vajda, Hans Müller, Ernst Lubitsch
Top Billed
Maurice Chevalier
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Reviews
CinemaSerf
⭐ 7/10May 4, 2024
How many films are you ever going to watch that have songs rhyming "liver" with "quiver" - or that quote Emperor Napoleon's last words before entering exile on Elbe - "so long!"? "Niki" (Maurice Chevalier) is a happy-go-lucky military officer in love with "Franzi" (Claudette Colbert) and all is set fair with their lives until a state visit to the Emperor by the princess "Anna" (Miriam Hopkins) lands him in hot water. He smiled at her as the carri… read the rest.
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Status
Released
Original Language
EN
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