Ninotchka (1939)
- Directed by
- Ernst Lubitsch
- Genre
- romantic comedy
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.5 of 10 from 438 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A stern Soviet envoy visits Paris and falls for a charming capitalist. Her rigid ideology softens as she experiences romance and luxury.
romanticwittylightheartedcharmingsophisticatedeffervescentplayfulsharp
What happens
Ninotchka is a 1939 American romantic comedy film made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, produced and directed by Ernst Lubitsch and stars Greta Garbo and Melvyn Douglas. The film was written by Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett and Walter Reisch, based on a story by Melchior Lengyel. Ninotchka marked the first comedy role for Garbo, and her penultimate film; she received her fourth and final Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. In 1990, Ninotchka was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". It has been listed as one of the greatest films of all time by Empire in 2008 and Time in 2011. Ninotchka has a 95% rating on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, based on 40 reviews. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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