Ninotchka (1939)
Director:
Ernst Lubitsch
Tagline:
« M-G-M’s Laugh Riot ! »
Actors:
Ninotchka
Leon
Swana
Razinin
Iranoff
Rating:
(24’996 votes)
(24’996 votes)
Quotes:
« Buljanoff: How are things in Moscow?
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« Ninotchka: Very Good. The last mass trials were a great success. There are going to be fewer but better Russians.
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« Ninotchka: I have heard of the arrogant male in capitalistic society. It is having a superior earning power that makes you that way.
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« Leon: A Russian! I love Russians! Comrade, I've been fascinated by your five-year plan for the last fifteen years.
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« Ninotchka: Your type will soon be extinct.
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« Ninotchka: Why should you carry other people's bags?
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« Porter: Well, that's my business, Madame.
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« Ninotchka: That's no business. That's social injustice.
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« Porter: That depends on the tip.
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Trailer:
Ninotchka
Runtime:110 minutes
Plots:
A stern Soviet woman sent to Paris to supervise the sale of jewels seized from Russian nobles finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.
Only the royal suite at the grandest hotel in Paris has a safe large enough for the jewels of the Grand Duchess Swana. So the three Russians who have come to sell the jewels settle into the suite until a higher ranking official is dispatched to find out what is delaying the sale. She is Ninotchka, a no-nonsense woman who fascinates Count Leon who had been the faithful retainer of the Grand Duchess. The Grand Duchess will give up all claim to the jewels if Ninotchka will fly away from the count.
Three Russian officials arrive in 1930s Paris to sell the jewels that were once the property of the Grand Duchess Swana. The Duchess wants to reclaim her property and her friend, Leon, manages to stop the sale at least temporarily. With the time dragging on, a new no-nonsense Russian envoy, Ninotchka, arrives to take over the negotiations. She chastises her three colleagues for their obvious enjoyment of capitalistic society but soon finds herself charmed by Leon, at first not realizing he is involved with the jewels. They fall in love but it’s unclear if there is any chance of their relationship ever becoming permanent. Leon sets out to ensure they do.
