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Ninotchka (1939)

NR ★ 7.5/10 110 min Comedy, Romance United States English
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Screenplay by: Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett, Walter Reisch
Story by: Melchior Lengyel
Streaming: Not available
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Description

A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.

Trailer

Top Cast

Greta Garbo
Greta Garbo Nina "Ninotchka" Ivanovna Yakushova
Melvyn Douglas
Melvyn Douglas Count Leon d'Algout
Ina Claire
Ina Claire Grand Duchess Swana
Bela Lugosi
Bela Lugosi Commissar Razinin
Sig Ruman
Sig Ruman Comrade Iranoff
Felix Bressart
Felix Bressart Comrade Buljanoff
Alexander Granach
Alexander Granach Comrade Kopalski
Gregory Gaye
Gregory Gaye Count Alexis Rakonin

Ninotchka Appears on 8 Curated Movie Lists

Canon Institutions

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (2024)
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die #872
National Board Of Review's Yearly Top 10
National Board of Review #870
National Film Registry
National Film Registry #518

Critic Curated

BBC Culture: The 100 Greatest Comedies of All Time
BBC #68
Paste Magazines Best Movies Of The 1930s
Paste Magazine #56
Popmatters 100 Essential Male Film Performances
PopMatters #07

Letterboxd Lists

Letterboxd 120 Highest Rated 1930 1939 Films
Letterboxd #29

Temporal Era Sets

100 Maverick Movies in the Last 100 Years by Rolling Stone Magazine
FilmSite.org #85

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