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The Shop Around the Corner (1940)

NOT_RATED 99 min  -  Comedy | Romance | Drama  -   12 January 1940 (USA)
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Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand one another, without realizing that they're falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.

Director:

Ernst Lubitsch

Writers:

Samson Raphaelson (screenplay), Miklós László (based on a play by), and 1 more credit »
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Margaret Sullavan ...
James Stewart ...
Frank Morgan ...
Joseph Schildkraut ...
Sara Haden Sara Haden ...
Flora
Felix Bressart Felix Bressart ...
William Tracy William Tracy ...
Inez Courtney ...
Ilona
Sarah Edwards Sarah Edwards ...
Customer
Edwin Maxwell ...
Doctor
Charles Halton Charles Halton ...
Detective
Charles Smith Charles Smith ...
Rudy
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Storyline

In Budapest, Hungary, the Matuschek and Company store is owned by Mr. Hugo Matuschek and the bachelor Alfred Kralik is his best and most experienced salesman. When Klara Novak seeks a job position of saleswoman in the store, Matuschek hires her but Kralik and she do not tolerate each other. Meanwhile the lonely and dedicated Kralik has an unknown pen pal that he intends to propose very soon; however, he is fired without explanation by Matuschek in the night that he is going to meet his secret love. He goes to the bar where they have scheduled their meeting with his colleague Pirovitch and he surprisingly finds that Klara is his correspondent; however, ashamed with the unemployment, he does not disclose his identity to her. When Matuschek discovers that he had misjudged Kralik and committed a mistake, he hires him again for the position of manager. But Klara is still fascinated with her future fiancé and does not pay much attention to Kralik. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  

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Plot Keywords:

Love | Pen Pal | Salesman | Gift | Unemployment  | See more »

Genres:

Comedy | Romance | Drama

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Rendez-vous See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Trivia

All scenes were reportedly shot in sequence. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: Pirovitch looks through the right side of the Cafe window from outside and tells Alfred he can't see Klara's face at first because she is sitting behind a coat rack. When Alfred joins Klara inside, she's sitting at the far end of the window with the coat rack well behind her. See more »

Quotes

Klara Novak (Miss Novak): All my knowledge came from books, and I'd just finished a novel about a glamorous French actress from the Comedie Francaise. That's the theater in France. When she wanted to arouse a man's interest, she treated him like a dog.
Alfred Kralik: Yes, well, you treated me like a dog.
Klara Novak (Miss Novak): Yes, but instead of licking my hand, you barked.
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Connections

Featured in 100 Years of Comedy (1997) See more »

Soundtracks

"Ochi Tchornya (Dark Eyes)"
(uncredited)
Traditional Russian folk song
Played by the cigarette case and later by the string quartet at the cafe See more »