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Ninotchka (1939)
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Release Date:
1 February 1940 (Australia)
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M-G-M's Laugh Riot ! more
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A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for 4 Oscars.
Another 1 win
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(5 articles)
Shadows of Russia: Communism on TCM
(From Alternative Film Guide. 3 November 2009, 11:28 PM, PST)
Oscar Nominees To Number 10 Next Year
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 25 June 2009, 1:12 PM, PDT)
(From Alternative Film Guide. 3 November 2009, 11:28 PM, PST)
Oscar Nominees To Number 10 Next Year
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 25 June 2009, 1:12 PM, PDT)
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Why Didn't Garbo Make More Comedies?
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Greta Garbo | ... | Nina Yakushova 'Ninotchka' Ivanoff |
 | Melvyn Douglas | ... | Léon - Count d'Algout |
 | Ina Claire | ... | Grand Duchess Swana |
 | Bela Lugosi | ... | Kommissar Razinin |
| Sig Ruman | ... | Iranoff (as Sig Rumann) |
| Felix Bressart | ... | Buljanoff |
| Alexander Granach | ... | Kopalski |
| Gregory Gaye | ... | Rakonin |
| Rolfe Sedan | ... | Hotel Manager |
 | Edwin Maxwell | ... | Mercier |
| Richard Carle | ... | Gaston |
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110 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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USA:Passed |
Finland:(Banned) (1940) |
Finland:(Banned) (1964) |
Finland:K-15 (DVD) (2006) |
Finland:K-16 (1941) |
Finland:K-18 (self applied) (2006) |
Finland:S (cut) (1981) |
Germany:12 (DVD, 2006) |
USA:Approved (PCA #5494) |
New Zealand:PG |
Sweden:Btl |
Argentina:13 |
West Germany:6 |
Portugal:M/6 |
UK:U (video rating) |
UK:A (original rating)
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Although Greta Garbo's famous hat in the film was made by her regular costumier Adrian, it was actually based on a sketch by Garbo herself.
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Errors in geography: The Soviet censorship stamps on Ninotchka's letter are in the Latin alphabet, in English.
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Spoofed in Domicile conjugal (1970)
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I see that Billy Wilder collaborated on this. Was it a studio decision that Garbo wasn't cast as a comedienne? From the evidence in this film, she should have been. Her timing is excellent, her delivery very special. This is a gem I'd never seen that deserves its National Registry status. In 1939 the Soviet Union had sympathizers in the US, and during the coming World War it was an ally. This gentle spoof of Soviet seriousness and self-conscious worker ethics foreshadows the arguments that were later trotted out after the War to begin the Cold War, but here the humor and satire are soft, more Noel Coward than propaganda.
My lament is not seeing more comedy from Garbo. She made such serious and tragic films, when she could have been making us laugh. The film is dated, yes, but Garbo herself shines through along with her three Russian accomplices. I think that Billy Wilder and Garbo would have been a great team