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Overview
Release Date:
11 March 1940 (Denmark) moreTagline:
M-G-M's Laugh Riot ! morePlot:
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 synopsisAwards:
Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 1 win moreUser Comments:
A great movie -- timeless moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| Greta Garbo | ... | Nina Yakushova 'Ninotchka' Ivanoff | |
| Melvyn Douglas | ... | Léon - Comte d'Agoult | |
| 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 minCountry:
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EnglishColor:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)Certification:
Finland:(Banned) (1940) | Finland:K-15 (DVD) (2006) | Finland:(Banned) (1964) | New Zealand:PG | Finland:S (cut) (1981) | Germany:12 (DVD, 2006) | Finland:K-18 (self applied) (2006) | USA:Passed | Finland:K-16 (1941) | USA:Approved (PCA #5494) | Argentina:13 | West Germany:6 | Portugal:M/6 | UK:U (video rating) | UK:A (original rating)MOVIEmeter: 
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This film was selected to the National Film Registry, Library of Congress, in 1990. moreGoofs:
Continuity: When Ninotchka tells a funny story, objects on the desk change positions. moreQuotes:
Leon: A Russian! I love Russians! Comrade, I've been fascinated by your five-year plan for the last fifteen years. moreFAQ
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This is a fantastic movie. I can't understand why some people have problems with it. Makes me wonder if we don't have some people recoiling at some innocent cracks made at the Soviet Union's expense. As a romantic comedy it has very few peers and is a great introduction to black and white films for those used only to color. There are a plethora of interesting secondary characters. Garbo is wonderful, of course, and Dougless is as good as I've seen him any film. Lubitsch's direction is masterly, but not 'ground-breaking', a fault for which some are willing to run him under the harrow -- a case of holding someone to impossible standards. Nobody can break new ground in every film -- sometimes we have to settle for mere masterly competence. See this film! Unless you happen to romanticize the former Soviet Union, you will enjoy it.