Ninotchka
Summary:
"Garbo Laughs!" declared the ads for Ninotchka. In the face of dwindling foreign revenues, MGM decided to put Greta Garbo, a bigger draw in Europe than the US, in a box-office-savvy comedy, engaging the services of master farceur Ernst Lubitsch to direct. The film opens in Paris during the aftermath of the Russian revolution. A trio of Russian delegates (Sig Rumann, Feli... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Greta Garbo - (Ninotchka)
Melvyn Douglas - (Count Leon Dalga)
Bela Lugosi - (Commissar Razinin)
Sig Rumann - (Michael Iranoff)
Felix Bressart - (Buljanoff)
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Review:
Ninotchka connects the careers of 1930s directing great Ernst Lubitsch and future directing great Billy Wilder, who was among a quartet of writers who did credited work on this film. The film evidences the strength of both, Lubitsch's lighter style works together with Wilder's more cutting dialogue. The production values and tech credit... Continue >>
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