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.
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch
salesclerk
secret love
lovesickness
budapest, hungary
anonymous letter
man woman relationship
pen pals
love
black and white
co-workers relationship
music box
bickering
questioning
gift shop
holiday season
curious
christmas
introspective
parfumerie
Rank
#2 in 1940·#413 overall
Trailer
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Where to Watch
Cast
Margaret Sullavan
Klara Novak
James Stewart
Alfred Kralik
Frank Morgan
Hugo Matuschek
Joseph Schildkraut
Ferencz Vadas
Sara Haden
Flora
Felix Bressart
Pirovitch
William Tracy
Pepi Katona
Inez Courtney
Ilona
Sarah Edwards
Woman Customer
Edwin Maxwell
Doctor
Charles Halton
Detective
Charles Smith
Rudy
Crew
Ernst Lubitsch
Director
Samson Raphaelson
Screenplay
William H. Daniels
Director of Photography
Ernst Lubitsch
Producer
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Sydney Guilaroff
Hairstylist
Ben Hecht
Additional Writing
Douglas Shearer
Sound Director
Popular Reviews
903 reviews
Robbie
10.0★ · 12/09/24
the people (me) yearn to experience an enemies to lovers trope with jimmy stewart
the people (me) yearn to experience an enemies to lovers trope with jimmy stewart
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Robbie
10.0★ · 12/09/24
the people (me) yearn to experience an enemies to lovers trope with jimmy stewart
the people (me) yearn to experience an enemies to lovers trope with jimmy stewart
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Sleepy
10.0★ · 05/17/26
“Take me out of my envelope and kiss me.” Perfection. Chefs Kiss. I love everything about this movie. Jimmy Stewart and Margaret Sullavan were both so endearing and adorable. Their banters were so enjoyable. The funny interactions in the shop with the customers. Also Dostoevsky and Tolstoy mentioned too? Yes.
“Take me out of my envelope and kiss me.” Perfection. Chefs Kiss. I love everything about this movie. Jimmy Stewart and Margaret Sullavan were both so endearing and adorable. Their banters were so enjoyable. The funny interactions in the shop with the customers. Also Dostoevsky and Tolstoy mentioned too? Yes.
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jellin
10.0★ · 12/22/25
and then 58 years later, ‘you’ve got mail’ came to life :)
and then 58 years later, ‘you’ve got mail’ came to life :)
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Stockton DavisPRO
8.0★ · 12/15/25
The acting by James Stewart in this film was amazing. There were so great humorous one liners. The ending particularly was the best where Stewart exposed how she had created an illusion of what she wanted her boyfriend to be. A truly underrated Christmas film.
The acting by James Stewart in this film was amazing. There were so great humorous one liners. The ending particularly was the best where Stewart exposed how she had created an illusion of what she wanted her boyfriend to be. A truly underrated Christmas film.
