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Line 19: }} '''''The Smiling Lieutenant''''' is([[1931 ain film\|1931]]) is an American film ~~produced~~directed by [[Ernst Lubitch]], starring [[Maurice Chevalier]] and [[Claudette Colbert]], and released by [[Paramount Pictures]]. ==Production background== Made in the [[Pre-Code]] era, it was written by [[Samson Raphaelson]] and [[Ernest Vajda]], from the operetta ''[[Ein Walzertraum]]'' by [[Oscar Straus (composer)\|Oscar Straus]] ([[libretto]] by Leopold Jacobson and Felix Dörmann), which in turn was based on the novel ''Nur der Prinzgemahl'' (''Only the Prince Consort'') by [[Hans Müller-Einigen]]. The film was directed by [[Ernst Lubitsch]] and was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Picture]]. This was the first of three films directed by Lubitsch and starring [[Miriam Hopkins]]. The other two were ''[[Trouble in Paradise (film)\|Trouble in Paradise]]'' and ''[[Design for Living (film)\|Design for Living]]''. ==Preservation status== Long considered a [[lost film]], a print was discovered in [[Denmark]] in the 1990s.<ref>''The New York Times'' (February 12, 2008)</ref> ==Plot== Line 35 ⟶ 41: [[George Barbier (actor)\|George Barbier]] as King Adolf XV Hugh O'Connell as Niki's Orderly ==References== {{reflist}} ==See also== *[[List of rediscovered films]] == External links ==