Ninotchka

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Theatrical Release Date:

11/03/1939

DVD Release Date:

09/06/2005

Run Time:

110min.

Starring:

Greta Garbo , Melvyn Douglas , Bela Lugosi , Sig Rumann , Felix Bressart

Director(s):

Ernst Lubitsch

MPAA Rating:

Not Rated

Genre(s):

Foreign

Plot: "Garbo Laughs!" declared the ads for Ninotchka. In the face of dwindling foreign revenues, MGM decided to put Greta Garbo, a bigger draw in Europe than the US, in a box-office-savvy comedy, engaging the services of master farceur Ernst Lubitsch to ... Read More

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