Ninotchka

Garbo Laughs!

1939 • 110 min • Comedy · Romance

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Synopsis

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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Best from age 9

Movie Knight Score

443 reviews

100 Reviewers · 1 · 51%
75 Audience · 442 · 49%

A stern Soviet envoy travels to Paris on official business but finds her rigid ideology challenged by a charming man and the city's vibrant culture. This classic romantic comedy playfully contrasts political systems with human connection.

Violence & peril: 0/10
Language: 1/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking: 2/10
Romance & sensuality: 2/10
Scary moments: 0/10

Heads up

Some brief, stylized portrayals of alcohol use and smoking
Flirting and romantic situations

What it models well

Open-mindedness
Finding joy in life
Love transcends differences
Challenging assumptions

Talk about it after

Different political systems
The allure of different cultures
Finding common ground with others

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Top billed cast

Director: Ernst Lubitsch • Crew: Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, Walter Reisch, Melchior Lengyel

Trailers & clips

TCM Le Tour Eiffel 1of3 The Essentials - Ninotchka (Outro)

TCM MGM 90th Anniversary 4of8 Ninotchka (Intro)

Ninotchka (7/10) Movie CLIP - No One Can Be So Happy (1939) HD

Ninotchka (2/10) Movie CLIP - Must You Flirt? (1939) HD

Ninotchka (3/10) Movie CLIP - Your General Appearance is Not Distasteful (1939) HD

Ninotchka (4/10) Movie CLIP - Midnight in Paris (1939) HD

Ninotchka (6/10) Movie CLIP - I Can't Say It (1939) HD

Ninotchka (1/10) Movie CLIP - Don't Make An Issue of My Womanhood (1939) HD

Reviewer notes

RecommendedTrusted family reviewers
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.…
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