---
title: 'The Smiling Lieutenant (1931)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ernst Lubitsch'
released: '1931-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 92
genres:
  - 'Music'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-smiling-lieutenant-1931'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022074/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Smiling Lieutenant (1931)

1931 · 92 min · Music, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ernst Lubitsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-lubitsch)
- **Screenplay:** [Ernst Lubitsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-lubitsch), [Ernest Vajda](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-vajda), [Samson Raphaelson](https://cinepixo.com/people/samson-raphaelson)
- **Producer:** [Ernst Lubitsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-lubitsch)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Oscar Straus](https://cinepixo.com/people/oscar-straus)
- **Director of Photography:** [George J. Folsey](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-j-folsey)
- **Editor:** [Merrill G. White](https://cinepixo.com/people/merrill-g-white)

## Cast

- [Harry C. Bradley](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-c-bradley)
- [George Barbier](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-barbier)
- [Hugh O'Connell](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugh-o-connell)
- [Elizabeth Patterson](https://cinepixo.com/people/elizabeth-patterson)
- [Charles Ruggles](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-ruggles)
- [Carrie Daumery](https://cinepixo.com/people/carrie-daumery)
- [Maurice Chevalier](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-chevalier)
- [Granville Bates](https://cinepixo.com/people/granville-bates)
- [Miriam Hopkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/miriam-hopkins)
- [Charles Wagenheim](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-wagenheim)
- [Claudette Colbert](https://cinepixo.com/people/claudette-colbert)

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