The read
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 29m.
Synopsis
An amorous lieutenant is forced to marry a socially awkward princess, though he tries to keep his violin-playing girlfriend on the side.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes88%
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do.
72 audience votes
Key crew
- Ernst LubitschDirector
- Ernest VajdaScreenplay
- Samson RaphaelsonScreenplay
- Ernst LubitschWriter
- Oscar StrausOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Maurice ChevalierLt. Nikolaus 'Niki' von Preyn
- Claudette ColbertFranzi
- Miriam HopkinsPrincess Anna
- Charles RugglesMax
- George BarbierKing Adolf XV
- Hugh O'ConnellNiki's Orderly
- Maude AllenLady in Waiting (uncredited)
- Granville BatesBill Collector (uncredited)
- Harry C. BradleyCount Von Holden (uncredited)
- Carrie DaumeryLady in Waiting (uncredited)
- Ludwig HeinsichMan (uncredited)
- Cornelius MacSundayEmperor Franz Josef (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
romantic rivalrypre-codewink