The Smiling Lieutenant(Movie, 1931)

Name: The Smiling Lieutenant
Genre: Comedy, Romance / Love
Released: 1931
Duration: T01:33:00
Rating: 3.6

| 1h 33min | Genres: Comedy, Romance / Love

Rating: 3.6/5 (with 21 votes)

The Smiling Lieutenant is a 1931 American pre-Code musical comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch, starring Maurice Chevalier, Claudette Colbert and Miriam Hopkins, and released by Paramount Pictures. It was written by Samson Raphaelson and Ernest Vajda from the operetta Ein Walzertraum by Oscar Straus, with libretto by Leopold Jacobson and Felix Dörmann, which in turn was based on the novel Nux, der Prinzgemahl ("Nux the Prince Consort") by Hans Müller-Einigen. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. This was the first of three films directed by Lubitsch and starring Miriam Hopkins. The other two were Trouble in Paradise and Design for Living. ()

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Awards & Nominations for The Smiling Lieutenant

nominated for: Academy Award for Best Picture

About The Smiling Lieutenant

A simple wink, intended by Austrian palace guard Lt. Nikolaus von Preyn for girlfriend, Franzi, is accidentally intercepted -- and misread -- by the visiting Princess Anna. As a result, the soldier has no choice but to marry the royal lady and move with her to the neighboring kingdom of Flausenthurm. His girlfriend follows to continue the romance and, subversively, give Princess Anna tips on how to keep her husband satisfied.

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Clip 1(Clip, 2:12)

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Plays in: Vienna

Made by: Paramount Pictures

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN), French (FR)

Translated into 11 languages: Bulgarian (BG), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 08/01/1931

Cast: Maurice Chevalier, Claudette Colbert, Miriam Hopkins, Charles Ruggles, George Barbier, George Barbier, Elizabeth Patterson, Granville Bates, Hugh O'Connell, Charles Wagenheim, Harry C. Bradley, Carrie Daumery

Director: Ernst Lubitsch

Producer: Ernst Lubitsch

Screenwriter: Ernst Lubitsch, Ernest Vajda, Samson Raphaelson

Film Editor: Merrill G. White

Director of Photography: George J. Folsey

Composer: Oscar Straus

Production Designer: Hans Dreier

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"미소짓는 중위"

"중위의 웃음"

Keywords: wink, romantic rivalry, pre-code

Color: Black & White (B/W)

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The Smiling Lieutenant(Movie, 1931)

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