Ninotchka [videorecording DVD] / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; an Ernst Lubitsch production ; screen play by Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder and Walter Reisch ; director of photography, William Daniels ; directed by Ernst Lubitsch.
Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Ina Claire, Bela Lugosi, Sig Rumann, Felix Bressart, Alexander Granach, Gregory Gaye, Rolfe Sedan, Edwin Maxwell, Richard Carle. Based on the original story by Melchior Lengyel. DVD release of the 1939 motion picture. Also issued as part of Greta Garbo, the signature collection. Special features: Original theatrical trailer.
Summary:
Garbo plays a dour, severe Soviet official who comes to Paris on business involving the sale of some czarist jewels. But soon business turns to pleasure as she discovers the special magic of Paris and finds herself succumbing to the charms of a suave Frenchman named Leon D'Algout (Melvyn Douglas). The plot bubbles merrily as Ninotchka chooses between romance and duty--and must even confront a rival for Leon's affection in the exiled Grand Duchess Swana (Ina Claire).
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