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The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand each other, without realizing that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.
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Klara Novak -
Alfred Kralik -
Hugo Matuschek -
Ferencz Vadas -
Flora -
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Pepi Katona -
Ilona -
Woman Customer -
Doctor -
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Rudy
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Director:
Ernst LubitschWriters:
Samson Raphaelson (screenplay), Miklós László (based on a play by)All Cast & Crew
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The original source material for this plot, the 1937 play "Illatszertár" (in English, titled "Parfumerie") by the Hungarian writer Miklós László, has been adapted into numerous other movies and plays. The first film adaptation was The Shop Around ... ...
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Klara Novak (Miss Novak):
: Oh, my Dear Friend, my heart was trembling as I walked into the post office, and there you were, lying in Box 237. I took you out of your envelope and read you, read you right there.
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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.
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Genres
Comedy | Drama | RomanceDetails
Release Date:
12 January 1940Language
English
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USABox Office
Gross:
$203,300 (USA)
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