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With this touchstone of romantic comedy, master of high-society sophistication Ernst Lubitsch applied his famously elegant style to a new subject: the everyday hopes, fears, and heartbreaks animating the lives of the employees at a humble leather-goods shop in Budapest.

As Christmas approaches, battling coworkers Alfred Kralik (James Stewart) and Klara Novak (Margaret Sullavan) grow increasingly exasperated with each other-unaware that, all the while, they have been exchanging anonymous love letters as pen pals.

Graced with an irresistible ensemble cast, The Shop Around the Corner?is a poignant, warm-hearted look at the difference between romantic expectation and reality.

With a new 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack, The Shop Around the Corner is given the Criterion treatment and released on dual-format Blu-ray and 4K UHD 21st December 2026 from Spirit Entertainment.

Special Features

  • New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
  • One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
  • New audio commentary featuring Joseph McBride, author of How Did Lubitsch Do It?
  • New appreciation by actor-writer Noah Wyle
  • Two radio adaptations of the film, one featuring the original cast and one featuring Claudette Colbert and Don Ameche
  • Trailer
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • An essay by author Sam Wasson
  • New cover by F. Ron Miller