Movie
Ninotchka
Overview
A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.
Details
- Release date
- 1939-11-16
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Greta Garbo as Nina "Ninotchka" Ivanovna Yakushova
- Melvyn Douglas as Count Leon d'Algout
- Ina Claire as Grand Duchess Swana
- Bela Lugosi as Commissar Razinin
- Sig Ruman as Comrade Iranoff
- Felix Bressart as Comrade Buljanoff
- Alexander Granach as Comrade Kopalski
- Gregory Gaye as Count Alexis Rakonin
- Rolfe Sedan as Hotel Manager
- Edwin Maxwell as Mercier
- Richard Carle as Gaston
- George Davis as Porter at Railroad Station (uncredited)
Crew
- Ernst Lubitsch - Director
- Billy Wilder - Screenplay
- Charles Brackett - Screenplay
- Walter Reisch - Screenplay
- Melchior Lengyel - Story
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