The Shop Around the Corner
1940 · Movie · NR · 99 min · ★ 8.1
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.
Based on Parfumerie
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Details
- Years
- 1940
- Release date
- 1940-01-12
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 99 min
- TMDB rating
- 8.1/10 (838 votes)
- Budget
- $500,000
Themes
- salesclerk
- secret love
- lovesickness
- budapest, hungary
- anonymous letter
- man woman relationship
- pen pals
- love
- black and white
- co-workers relationship
- music box
- bickering
- +7 more
Cast & crew
Margaret Sullavan
as Klara Novak
James Stewart
as Alfred Kralik
Frank Morgan
as Hugo Matuschek
Joseph Schildkraut
as Ferencz Vadas
Sara Haden
as Flora
Felix Bressart
as Pirovitch
William Tracy
as Pepi Katona
Inez Courtney
as Ilona
Sarah Edwards
as Woman Customer
Edwin Maxwell
as Doctor
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch