Greta Garbo
Ninotchka (Nina Ivanovna Yakushova)
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Ninotchka is a 1939 American romantic comedy film made for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer by producer and director Ernst Lubitsch and starring Greta Garbo and Melvyn Douglas. [1] It was written by Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett, and Walter Reisch, [1] based on a story by Melchior Lengyel.
A Soviet woman sent to Paris to sell jewels becomes attracted to a man who represents everything she hates. IMDb provides cast and crew, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, soundtracks and more for this classic film.
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- Comedy, Romance
- Ernst Lubitsch
- 1939-11-23
A no-nonsense diplomat of the Soviet Union, Nina Ivanovna "Ninotchka" Yakushova (Greta Garbo) arrives in Paris to ensure the sale of jewels seized during the Russian Revolution.
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- Greta Garbo
- Ernst Lubitsch
- Metro Goldwyn Mayer
A classic comedy romance starring Greta Garbo as a Soviet agent who falls in love with a playboy in Paris. Learn more about the film, watch clips, see photos and read reviews on TCM.
- Ernst Lubitsch, Horace Hough, John Waters
- Greta Garbo
Ninotchka, American romantic comedy film, released in 1939, that featured Greta Garbo in a rare nondramatic role and was marketed with the tagline “Garbo Laughs!”. The comedy stars Garbo as Ninotchka, a stern, committed communist functionary sent to Paris to rein in diplomats sent there to sell.
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Ninotchka is a Soviet woman who comes to Paris to sell jewels seized from Russian nobles. She falls in love with a playboy who tries to stop the sale, but faces political and personal challenges.
