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Ninotchka

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Remake:

Silk Stockings

Original title

Ninotchka

Year

1939

Running time

110 min.

Country

United States

Director

Ernst Lubitsch

Screenwriter

Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, Walter Reisch. Story: Melchior Lengyel

Cast

Music

Werner R. Heymann

Cinematography

William H. Daniels (B&W)

Producer

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Genre

Romance. Comedy | Romantic Comedy. Screwball comedy. Sophisticated Comedy

Movie Groups

Melchior Lengyel Adaptations

Synopsis

Ninotchka is a stern, straightlaced Communist Party member sent to Paris to finish the sale of Grand Duchess Swana's jewels for the Soviet government. But, while studying the frivolous materialism of Paris, Ninotchka meets Leon, Swana's lawyer and sometime lover, and the two become enamored with one another -- without knowing each other's identity. The Grand Duchess, in the meantime, is suing the USSR for ownership of the jewels. What follows is a delicate web of intrigue and deception as Swana tries to blackmail Ninotchka into leaving Paris.

Rankings Position

#19 Best Movies of the '30s
#25 Best Romantic Movies in the history of film
#38 Best Comedy Movies
#132 Best US Movies of all time

Awards: 1939: 4 Nominations for Oscar: Best Movie, Actress (Garbo), Story & Screenplay

1939: New York Film Critics Circle: Nom. for Best Director and Best Actress (Garbo)

1939: National Board of Review (NBR): nominated to Top Films (In alphabetical order).

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67 My Favorite Romantic Comedies (78)

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