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Maurice Chevalier's randy Viennese lieutenant is enamored of Claudette Colbert's freethinking, all-girl-orchestra-leading cutie. Yet complications ensue when the sexually repressed princess of the fictional kingdom of Flausenthurm, played by newcomer Miriam Hopkins, sets her sights on him. The Smiling Lieutenant is a delightful showcase for its rising female stars, who are never more charming than when Colbert tunefully instructs Hopkins, "Jazz Up Your Lingerie."
Original Release
07/27/1931
US Release
08/01/1931
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Cast
Name | Character |
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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 |
Granville Bates | Bill Collector |
Harry C. Bradley | Count Von Halden |
Carrie Daumery | Lady in Waiting |
Directors
Writers
Ernst Lubitsch, Ernest Vajda, Samson Raphaelson, Leopold Jacobson, Hans Müller, Felix Dormann, Battaille-Henri
Cast
Name | Character |
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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 |
Granville Bates | Bill Collector |
Harry C. Bradley | Count Von Halden |
Carrie Daumery | Lady in Waiting |
Ludwig Heinsich | Man |
Cornelius MacSunday | Emperor Franz Josef |
Elizabeth Patterson | Baroness von Schwedel |
Janet Reade | Lily |
Werner Saxtorph | Joseph |
Karl Stall | Master of Ceremonies |
Robert Strange | Col. Rockoff |
Charles Wagenheim | Arresting Officer |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Ernst Lubitsch | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1932 | Oscar | Best Picture | Nominated |