Ninotchka

A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.

Cast

Greta Garbo

as Nina "Ninotchka" Ivanovna Yakushova

Melvyn Douglas

as Count Leon d'Algout

Ina Claire

as Grand Duchess Swana

Bela Lugosi

as Commissar Razinin

Sig Ruman

as Comrade Iranoff

Felix Bressart

as Comrade Buljanoff

Alexander Granach

as Comrade Kopalski

Gregory Gaye

as Count Alexis Rakonin

Rolfe Sedan

as Hotel Manager

Edwin Maxwell

as Mercier

Reviews

CinemaSerf

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,...

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