Maurice Chevalier
Lt. Nikolaus "Niki" von Preyn
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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.
The Smiling Lieutenant: Directed by Ernst Lubitsch. With Maurice Chevalier, Claudette Colbert, Miriam Hopkins, Charles Ruggles. 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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- Comedy, Musical, Romance
- Ernst Lubitsch
- 1931-08-01
A Viennese lieutenant (Maurice Chevalier) falls for a jazz singer (Claudette Colbert) and a princess (Miriam Hopkins) in this 1931 film by the master of wit and elegance. The Criterion Collection offers a restoration of this classic Lubitsch touch, with cast and crew information, film notes, and more.
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Summoned to account for the crime of smiling at the visiting princess (Miriam Hopkins), Viennese soldier Niki (Maurice Chevalier) rolls the dice with her father the king (George Barbier), in Ernst Lubitsch's The Smiling Lieutenant, 1931.
- Ernst Lubitsch
- Maurice Chevalier
A simple wink, intended by Austrian palace guard Lt. Nikolaus von Preyn (Maurice Chevalier) for girlfriend, Franzi (Claudette Colbert), is accidentally intercepted -- and...
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- Maurice Chevalier
- Ernst Lubitsch
- Musical, Comedy
An amorous lieutenant is forced to marry a socially awkward princess, though he tries to keep his violin-playing girlfriend on the side. Lieutenant Niki of the Austrian royal guard has a new girlfriend, Franzi. He's crazy about her and is smiling at her while on duty in the street.
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The Smiling Lieutenant is a 1931 American musical comedy movie directed by Ernst Lubitsch and was based on the 1905 novel Nux, der Prinzgemahl by Hans Müller-Einigen and was nominated for an Academy Award in 1932. Actors include Maurice Chevalier, Claudette Colbert, Miriam Hopkins, Charles Ruggles, George Barbier, Hugh O'Connell and was ...
