A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.
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Greta Garbo
Nina "Ninotchka" Ivanovna Yakushova
Melvyn Douglas
Count Leon d'Algout
Ina Claire
Grand Duchess Swana
Bela Lugosi
Commissar Razinin
Sig Ruman
Comrade Iranoff
Felix Bressart
Comrade Buljanoff
Alexander Granach
Comrade Kopalski
Gregory Gaye
Count Alexis Rakonin
Rolfe Sedan
Hotel Manager
Edwin Maxwell
Mercier
Director
Ernst Lubitsch
Screenplay
Charles Brackett
Tagline
"Garbo Laughs!"
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$1,365,000
Revenue
$2,279,000
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
CinemaSerf
March 6, 2024
Although Greta Garbo takes top billing here - and she's great - I think this film really belongs to the on-form Melvyn Douglas as the scheming "Leon". He is the boyfriend of the Imperial Grand Duchess "Swana" (Ina Claire) who is living in exile in Paris. The newly formed Soviet Union is a bit broke, so three of it's finest representatives have arrived with what was her priceless jewellery so they ...
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