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The Shop Around the Corner

1940·99 min

The Shop Around the Corner

Directed by Ernst Lubitsch

ComedyDramaRomance

Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand one another, without realising that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.

Cast

Margaret Sullavan

Klara Novak

Alfred Kralik

Hugo Matuschek

Joseph Schildkraut

Ferencz Vadas

Crew

Samson Raphaelson

Screenplay

Producer

Werner R. Heymann

Original Music Composer

William H. Daniels

Director of Photography

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Flora

Pirovitch

Pepi Katona

Ilona

Woman Customer

Doctor

Detective

Rudy

Policeman (uncredited)

Customer (uncredited)

Grandmother (uncredited)

Aunt Anna (uncredited)

Customer (uncredited)

William Edmunds

Waiter (uncredited)

Plump Woman (uncredited)

Customer (uncredited)

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The Shop Around the Corner (1940) is about two employees at a gift shop can barely stand one another, without realising that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.

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Ernst Lubitsch directed The Shop Around the Corner (1940).

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