STAR RATINGS EXPLAINED

Classic

Excellent

Good

Fair

Tragic

FILM DETAILS

Certificate U

Cast James Stewart Margaret Sullavan Frank Morgan Joseph Schildkraut

Directors Ernst Lubitsch

Screenwriters Samuel Raphaelson

Running Time 97 minutes

The Shop Around The Corner (U)

Plot
Klara Novak comes to work at Hugo Matuschek's Budapest clothing store unware that trusted clerk Alfred Kralik, with whom she has struck up an immediate mutual antipathy, is the lonelyhearts pen pal she has come to know as `Dear Friend' during their secret romantic correspondence.

Verdict
Nostalgic and charming romance with special moments in the extra-narrative action.


Reviewer: David Parkinson

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