The Shop Around the Corner

About The Shop Around the Corner

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.

The Shop Around the Corner is a 1940 comedy romance film directed by Ernst Lubitsch. Released in January 1940, it runs 99 minutes.

Its themes are introspective, co-workers relationship, curious, and questioning.

Margaret Sullavan appears as Klara Novak, James Stewart as Alfred Kralik, Frank Morgan as Hugo Matuschek, and Joseph Schildkraut as Ferencz Vadas. The screenplay is by Samson Raphaelson. Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

You've Got Mail, The Apartment, and Sleepless in Seattle make useful companions to The Shop Around the Corner, all filed under anonymous letter, christmas, and parfumerie. TMDB voters put it at 8.1 out of 10 across 885 votes and it carries a NR rating.