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.
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Classical in form, warm, comic and cool.
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- CinemaSerfon TMDB · Mar 20247/10
Although Greta Garbo takes top billing here - and she's great - I think this film really belongs to the on-form Melvyn Douglas as the scheming "Leon". He is the boyfriend of the Imperial Grand Duchess "Swana" (Ina Claire) who is living in exile in Paris. The newly formed Soviet Union is a bit broke, so three of it's finest representatives have arrived with what was her priceless jewellery so they can sell it on. "Leon" sees a chance for them to cash in so gets an injunction stalling the sale and that results in Moscow sending their best agent (Garbo) to get the job done. She's a no-nonsense communist in the best tradition, but she hadn't quite factored in the charismatic Frenchman who aims to firmly insert a spanner in the works. What now ensues is a delightfully funny drama that takes a swipe at the establishments of both nations, at the all too frequent ridiculousness of dogma and at flawed and quirky human nature. There's loads of chemistry here - all centring nicely around Douglas, and the triptych of her cohorts "Buljanoff" (Felix Bressart), "Kopalski" (Alexander Granach) and "Iranoff" (Sig Rumann) - who really just want to open a nice restaurant somewhere - add a nice touch o
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Cast
- Greta GarboNina "Ninotchka" Ivanovna Yakushova
- Melvyn DouglasCount Leon d'Algout
- Ina ClaireGrand Duchess Swana
- Bela LugosiCommissar Razinin
- Sig RumanComrade Iranoff
- Felix BressartComrade Buljanoff
- Alexander GranachComrade Kopalski
- Gregory GayeCount Alexis Rakonin
- Rolfe SedanHotel Manager
- Edwin MaxwellMercier
Crew
- Ernst LubitschDirector
- Walter ReischScreenplay
- Charles BrackettScreenplay
- Billy WilderScreenplay
- William H. DanielsDirector of Photography
- Werner R. HeymannOriginal Music Composer
- Gene RuggieroEditor
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