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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.

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Directed by

Ernst Lubitsch

Written by

Ben Hecht (Screenplay)
Samson Raphaelson (Screenplay)
Miklós László (Theatre Play)

Runtime

99 minutes

Country

United States of America

Language

English

Tagline

Quiet, Unassuming, Perfect

Cast

Keywords

love holiday unemployment secret love gift salesman budapest hungary pen pals christmas present gift shop

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Lists

#250 on 1,000 greatest films They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?

#384 on Empire's 500 Greatest Movies Of All Time Empire

#28 on AFI's 100 years...100 passions AFI