The read
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 20m.
Synopsis
Andre and Colette Bertier are happily married. When Colette introduces her husband to her flirtatious best friend, Mitzi, he does his best to resist her advances. But she is persistent, and very cute, and he succumbs. Mitzi's husband wants to divorce her, and has been having her tailed. Andre gets caught, and must confess to his wife. But Colette has had problems resisting the attentions of another man herself, and they forgive each other.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes88%
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
85 audience votes
Key crew
- Rudolph G. KoppOriginal Music Composer
- Ernst LubitschDirector
- John LeipoldOriginal Music Composer
- Samson RaphaelsonWriter
- W. Franke HarlingOriginal Music Composer
- Oscar StrausOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Maurice ChevalierDr. Andre Bertier
- Jeanette MacDonaldColette Bertier
- Genevieve TobinMitzi Olivier
- Charles RugglesAdolph
- Roland YoungProfessor Olivier
- Josephine DunnMademoiselle Martel
- Richard CarleHenri Dornier - Private Detective
- Barbara LeonardMitzi's Maid
- George BarbierPolice Commissioner
- Lita ChevretParty Guest (uncredited)
- Sheila BromleyColette's Downstairs Maid (uncredited)
- Charles JudelsPoliceman (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
adulterymusicalbased on play or musicalunfaithfulnessblack and whitedivorcepre-code