Selection of Ernst Lubitsch to pilot Garbo in her first light performance in pictures proves a bull's-eye.
Ninotchka (1939)
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Reviews Counted:3
Fresh:3
Rotten:0
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Consensus: With Greta Garbo proving her comedy chops in the twilight of her career, Ninotchka is a can't-miss classic.
Runtime: 2 hrs 35 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Ninotchka is a stern, straightlaced Communist Party member sent to Paris to finish the sale of Grand Duchess Swana's jewels for the Soviet government. But, while studying the frivolous materialism... Ninotchka is a stern, straightlaced Communist Party member sent to Paris to finish the sale of Grand Duchess Swana's jewels for the Soviet government. But, while studying the frivolous materialism of Paris, Ninotchka meets Leon, Swana's lawyer and sometime lover, and the two become enamored with one another -- without knowing each other's identity. The Grand Duchess, in the meantime, is suing the USSR for ownership of the jewels. What follows is a delicate web of intrigue and deception as Swana tries to blackmail Ninotchka into leaving Paris. Soon the two lovers have to overcome political hurdles and cross borders just to be together. [More]
Starring: Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Bela Lugosi, Ina Claire
Starring: Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Bela Lugosi, Ina Claire, Sig Ruman, Felix Bressart, Alexander Granach, Gregory Gaye, Dorothy Adams
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Producer: Ernst Lubitsch
Composer: Werner Richard Heymann
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Sep 6, 2005
Reviews for Ninotchka
The satire may be mostly a matter of easy contrasts, but the lovers inhabit a world of elegance and poise that is uniquely and movingly Lubitsch's.
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