Ernst Lubitsch

Thief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume company executive Mariette Colet, the two crooks decide to combine their criminal talents to rob their employer. Under the alias of Monsieur Laval, Gaston uses his position as Mariette's personal secretary to become closer to her. However, he takes things too far when he actually falls in love with Mariette, and has to choose between her and Lily.

During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.

Ernst Lubitcsh classic. Two employees (James Stewart and Margaret Sullavan) 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.

MGM East-meets-West comedy boasting the talents of director Ernst Lubitsch (The Shop Around the Corner), screenwriter Billy Wilder (Double Indemnity) and star Greta Garbo.