Ninotchka (Nina Ivanovna Yakushova)
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Ninotchka: Directed by Ernst Lubitsch. With Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Ina Claire, Bela Lugosi. A stern Soviet woman sent to Paris to supervise the sale of jewels seized from Russian nobles finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.
A stern Soviet woman sent to Paris to supervise the sale of jewels seized from Russian nobles finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest. Only the royal suite at the grandest hotel in Paris has a safe large enough for the jewels of the Grand Duchess Swana.
Ninotchka (1939) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Ninotchka : [3 pretty cigarette girls eagerly enter hotel suite, and are dismayed to confront a scornful Ninotchka] Comrades, you must have been smoking a lot. Ninotchka : How much does this cost?
With Maria Schell, Gig Young, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Mischa Auer. This TV remake of the 1939 Greta Garbo classic features Maria Schell in the title role of a prim, party-line spouting Soviet efficiency expert whose entire outlook on life is completely changed when she has a brief romance on a trip to Paris.
Ninotchka is a perfect and hilarious change of pace for her; she's a Russian Communist without frills or romance on her mind, and her natural masculinity can finally be showcased. This was the first of her movies I saw, so I always thought she was a homely actress.
Charisse has the unenviable task of stepping into Greta Garbo's shoes as top Soviet envoy Ninotchka Yoschenko, who is sent to Paris to retrieve three lesser envoys swept up by the City of Lights. They had already botched their mission to lure famous Russian composer Peter Boroff back to the mother country.
Ninotchka: Directed by Ernst Lubitsch. With Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Ina Claire, Bela Lugosi. A stern Soviet woman sent to Paris to supervise the sale of jewels seized from Russian nobles finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.
Ninotchka Edit Greta Garbo had her misgivings about appearing in a comedy and was particularly nervous about the drunk scene, which she considered to be highly vulgar.
New York Film Critics Circle Awards. 1939 Nominee NYFCC Award. Best Director. Ernst Lubitsch. 1939 Nominee NYFCC Award. Best Actress. Greta Garbo. Tied with Bette Davis for Dark Victory (1939).
