
Design for Living(1933)
An independent woman can't choose between the two men she loves.


“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.

Greta Garbo
Nina "Ninotchka" Ivanovna Yakushova

Melvyn Douglas
Count Leon d'Algout

Ina Claire
Grand Duchess Swana

Bela Lugosi
Commissar Razinin

Sig Ruman
Comrade Iranoff

Felix Bressart
Comrade Buljanoff

Alexander Granach
Comrade Kopalski

Gregory Gaye
Count Alexis Rakonin
Rolfe Sedan
Hotel Manager

Edwin Maxwell
Mercier
Ninotchka is a comedy, romance film released in 1939 exploring themes of capitalist, paris, france, capitalism, white russian, jewelry, satire. Directed by Ernst Lubitsch, it stars Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Ina Claire. 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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