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Year
1931
Runtime
93 min.
Director
Ernst Lubitsch
Genres
Romance, Comedy, Musical
Rating *
7.8
Votes *
2,555
Checks
880
Favs
61
Dislikes
9
Favs/checks
6.9% (1:14)
Favs/dislikes
7:1
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  1. Siskoid's avatar

    Siskoid

    Pre-Code Ernst Lubitsch, Maurice Chevalier playing a love-addicted soldier from some European country, who sings ridiculous ditties... That could be a number of movies. But this one was The Smiling Lieutenant, a very oddly-structured romcom (a feature, not a bug) seeing as Chevalier is almost immediately in a relationship with Claudette Colbert, but then he gets in hot water with visiting aristocrats, thinks he can charm/Bugs Bunny himself out of it, and finds out what happens when a princess takes a shine to him. And keeps not going where you think it will, to the point where I really question Colbert's decision at the end (but truth be told, if there's a "perfect couple" in here, it's Colbert and Miriam Hopkins, whose piano skills are impressive, by the by). These kinds of movies are puff pastries, just fluffy entertainments that, thanks to the Lubitsch touch have some nice wit and energy. In this case, someone slipped a hot pepper in the pastry. It is QUITE steamy, especially considering I've always found Chevalier and Colbert to look like drawn cartoons of people. Fan me, I'm a little hot under the collar here. 3 years 3 months ago
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  3. 1Cloche's avatar

    1Cloche

    http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x24084w_the-smiling-lieutenant_shortfilms 9 years 4 months ago
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  1. This movie ranks #29 in Academy Award - Best Picture Nominees
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  2. This movie ranks #33 in The Criterion Collection's Eclipse Series
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  3. This movie ranks #907 in TSPDT's 1,000 Greatest Films: 1001-2500
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  4. This movie ranks #999 in Sight & Sound's The Greatest Films of All Time
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