Torrential

The Smiling Lieutenant

Maurice Chevalier laughing and loving again in Ernst Lubitsch's sparkling cocktail of romantic merriment

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

Comedy Romance

Maurice Chevalier

(Lt. Nikolaus 'Niki' von Preyn)

Claudette Colbert

(Franzi)

Miriam Hopkins

(Princess Anna)

Charles Ruggles

(Max)

George Barbier

(King Adolf XV)

Hugh O'Connell

(Niki's Orderly)

Maude Allen

(Lady in Waiting (uncredited))

Granville Bates

(Bill Collector (uncredited))

Harry C. Bradley

(Count Von Holden (uncredited))

Carrie Daumery

(Lady in Waiting (uncredited))

Ludwig Heinsich

(Man (uncredited))

Cornelius MacSunday

(Emperor Franz Josef (uncredited))

Elizabeth Patterson

(Baroness Von Schwedel (uncredited))

Janet Reade

(Lily (uncredited))

Werner Saxtorph

(Joseph (uncredited))

Karl Stall

(Master of Ceremonies (uncredited))

Robert Strange

(Colonel Rockoff (uncredited))

Charles Wagenheim

(Arresting Officer (uncredited))