The Shop Around the Corner

The Shop Around the Corner

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1940-01-12

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

99 min

Rated:

PASSED

IMDB Ratings:

8.1 (18488 Reviews)

Director:

Ernst Lubitsch

Cast:

Writer:

Samson Raphaelson (screenplay)

Miklès Lèszlè (based on a play by)

Fullplot:

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 fiancè and does not pay much attention to Kralik.

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