The Smiling Lieutenant is a 1931 American musical comedy movie directed by Ernst Lubitsch and was based on the 1905 novel "Nux, der Prinzgemahl" by Hans Müller-Einigen and was nominated for an Academy Award in 1932. Actors include Maurice Chevalier, Claudette Colbert, Miriam Hopkins, Charles Ruggles, George Barbier, Hugh O'Connell and was distributed by Paramount Pictures.