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Garbo Laughs! - Ninotchka
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Title: Ninotchka

Release Date: 23 Nov 1939

Runtime: 1h 50m

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Director: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production Companies: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Overview: 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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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.505 (386 votes)

Cast

  • Nina "Ninotchka" Ivanovna Yakushova: Greta Garbo
  • Count Leon d'Algout: Melvyn Douglas
  • Grand Duchess Swana: Ina Claire
  • Commissar Razinin: Bela Lugosi
  • Comrade Iranoff: Sig Ruman
  • Comrade Buljanoff: Felix Bressart
  • Comrade Kopalski: Alexander Granach
  • Count Alexis Rakonin: Gregory Gaye
  • Hotel Manager: Rolfe Sedan
  • Mercier: Edwin Maxwell
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