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1939 • 1h 50min • Approved • Comedy, Romance

Ninotchka

"Garbo Laughs!"

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

IMDb 7.8

RT 97%

Director

Ernst Lubitsch

Writers

Billy Wilder

Charles Brackett

Walter Reisch

Composer

Werner R. Heymann

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Greta Garbo

Nina "Ninotchka" Ivanovna Yakushova

Melvyn Douglas

Count Leon d'Algout

Ina Claire

Grand Duchess Swana

Bela Lugosi

Commissar Razinin

Sig Ruman

Comrade Iranoff

Felix Bressart

Comrade Buljanoff

Alexander Granach

Comrade Kopalski

Gregory Gaye

Count Alexis Rakonin

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