The Smiling Lieutenant

Name: The Smiling Lieutenant
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Released: 1931
Duration: 89 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Maurice Chevalier, Claudette Colbert, Miriam Hopkins, Charles Ruggles, George Barbier

1931 · 89 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 4,227 VOTES · DIR. Ernst Lubitsch

Overview

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

Dialogue Timeline — 771 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:02:30 [ Bell Rings ]

00:05:50 They'll pension us when we're too old to fight

00:07:42 I see. I see. You're afraid to have supper with her alone.

00:11:46 Bravo.

00:15:14 Take what it brings to you.

00:19:03 Such yearning when you beg for scrambled egg

00:22:08 "I extend to you and to your daughter, Princess Anna...

00:26:12 Your Majesty, we promise the fullest satisfaction.

00:29:35 Yes, sire.

00:31:39 I was standing at attention...

00:34:49 We have so many in Flausenthurm.

00:37:34 [ No Audible Dialogue ]

00:40:31 You son of a gun

00:42:31 If you don't let me have my lieutenant...

00:44:50 that under the royal Flausenthurm etiquette...

00:47:51 I cannot do it.

00:58:19 - Am I not your husband? - Yes.

01:01:25 [ Loud Crying ]

01:06:38 [ Chuckles ]

01:08:42 Great little kingdom you have here. Oh!

01:12:25 Psst! Hey.

01:16:24 - Yes. - Stunning.

01:18:30 - Jazz - I'd like to

01:26:32 This is Mandelbaum & Gruenstein.

Cast & Characters

Maurice Chevalier Niki Claudette Colbert Franzi Miriam Hopkins Princess Anna Charles Ruggles Max George Barbier King Adolph 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

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed771

Dialogue density8.7 lines / min

First line00:02:30

Final line01:26:32

Production Record

DirectorErnst Lubitsch

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes4,227