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Ernst Lubitsch
Ernst Lubitsch.
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch, the 1940 romantic comedy The Shop Around the Corner is set in a notions shop in Budapest.1
The story follows two coworkers, played by James Stewart and Margaret Sullavan, who share a mutual dislike for one another in their daily professional lives. Unbeknownst to them, they have unknowingly fallen in love through an anonymous correspondence. Often considered Lubitsch’s warmest film, it features a screenplay by Raphaelson.1