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The Smiling Lieutenant is a 1931 American black-and-white romantic comedy and musical film produced and directed by Ernst Lubitsch. The screenplay was written by Lubitsch, Ernest Vajda, and Samson Raphaelson. The cast includes Maurice Chevalier, Claudette Colbert, Miriam Hopkins, and Charles Ruggles. Oscar Straus composed the music, while George J. Folsey served as director of photography and Hans Dreier as production designer.
Paramount Pictures produced and distributed the film, which was later distributed by Netflix via video on demand. Set in Vienna, the movie is associated with the Pre-Code Hollywood movement. It has a runtime of 89 or 93 minutes. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Review scores include 7.7 out of 10 with 88% approval, an IMDb rating of 7.1, and a TMDb vote average of 6.775.
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6.8An amorous lieutenant is forced to marry a socially awkward princess, though he tries to keep his violin-playing girlfriend on the side.
Cast
- Maurice Chevalier as Lt. Nikolaus 'Niki' von Preyn
- Claudette Colbert as Franzi
- Miriam Hopkins as Princess Anna
- Charles Ruggles as Max
- George Barbier as King Adolf XV
- Hugh O'Connell as Niki's Orderly
Themes
- romantic rivalry
- pre-code
- wink
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- musical film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Movement
- Pre-Code Hollywood
- Director
- Ernst Lubitsch
- Screenwriter
- Samson Raphaelson
- Cast member
- Carrie Daumery
- Composer
- Oscar Straus
- Producer
- Ernst Lubitsch
- Production company
- Paramount Pictures
- Cinematographer
- George J. Folsey
- Narrative location
- Vienna
- Duration
- 92
- FilmAffinity ID
- 748052
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- The smiling lieutenant.jpg
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- publication date
- 1931-01-01
- title
- The Smiling Lieutenant
- color
- black-and-white
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Picture
- production designer
- Hans Dreier
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 88%
- Commons category
- The Smiling Lieutenant
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