The Smiling Lieutenant

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

1931 · 1h 29m · ★ 6.8

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

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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

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Maude Allen

Lady in Waiting (uncredited)

Granville Bates

Bill Collector (uncredited)

Harry C. Bradley

Count Von Holden (uncredited)

Carrie Daumery

Lady in Waiting (uncredited)

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Ludwig Heinsich

Man (uncredited)

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Cornelius MacSunday

Emperor Franz Josef (uncredited)