Ninotchka

1939 • 110 minutes

À propos de ce film

Greta Garbo stars as the earnest commissar who proves to be almost immune to champagne, humor--and love--Ninotchka. 1939. When the Soviet government sends three dour diplomats to Paris to sell former Imperial jewels, the gems' former owner, Grand Duchess Swana (Ina Claire), asks her dapper boyfriend, Count Leon (Melvyn Douglas), to retrieve her property. With Leon's help, the three Soviets quickly succumb to the temptations of Capitalist decadence. To rescue the mission, the Soviets send their most incorruptible operative, Nina Ivanovna Yakushova (Greta Garbo). Now as Count Leon strives to soften the beautiful but seemingly cold-hearted commissar, he's the first to lose his heart--by falling in love with Ninotchka--in this classic romantic comedy.

Notes et avis

Dated but charming, disarming and delightfully fizzy comedy from co-writer Billy Wilder and director Ernst Lubitsch, both masters at this sort of movie. The surprising mistress of comedy - usually patrician and reserved - turns out to be Greta Garbo. As the stern Russian official romanced by suave Melvyn Douglas in swanky Paris, she is an absolute smasher. See my full review for more: bit.ly/Ninotchka1939