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The Shop Around the Corner

Ernst Lubitsch
USA
Synopsis
Alfred Kralik is the timid headclerk at a Budapest shop named Matuschek and Company. Each morning, the employees wait together for the arrival of their boss, Hugo Matuschek. Following an ad in the newspaper, Alfred has started to exchange letters with a lady friend. Against Alfred?s wishes, Matuschek hires Klara Novak. The two quarrel constantly at work, not suspecting that Klara is Alfred's secret correspondent.
Director
Ernst Lubitsch
Screenplay
Samson Raphaelson
Photography
William Daniels
Edition
Gene Ruggiero
Music
Werner R. Heymann
Cast
Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan, Joseph Schildkraut, Sara Haden
Running Time
97 m.
Country
USA
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