Ninotchka
“Garbo Laughs!”
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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Cast
57 people
Greta Garbo
Nina "Ninotchka" Ivanovna Yakushova
Known for
Grand Hotel
Camille
Melvyn Douglas
Count Leon d'Algout
Known for
The Tenant
Being There
Ina Claire
Grand Duchess Swana
Also in
The Royal Family of Broadway
Rebound
Bela Lugosi
Commissar Razinin
Known for
Dracula
White Zombie
Sig Ruman
Comrade Iranoff
Known for
To Be or Not to Be
A Night at the Opera
Felix Bressart
Comrade Buljanoff
Known for
To Be or Not to Be
The Shop Around the Corner
Alexander Granach
Comrade Kopalski
Known for
Nosferatu
Hangmen Also Die!
Gregory Gaye
Count Alexis Rakonin
Known for
Dodsworth
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Rolfe Sedan
Hotel Manager
Known for
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
Edwin Maxwell
Mercier
Known for
The Shop Around the Corner
Scarface
Richard Carle
Gaston
Known for
One Hour with You
Morning Glory
George Davis
Porter at Railroad Station (uncredited)
Known for
The Circus
History Is Made at Night
Ernst Lubitsch Director · Billy Wilder Screenplay Charles Brackett Screenplay
Worldwide gross $2.3M · Budget $1.4M · United States release November 23, 1939
Box office
Budget
$1,365,000
Worldwide gross
$2,279,000
Gross vs. budget
1.7×
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Russian
Release dates
United States · November 9, 1939
Premiere · New York City, New York
United States · November 23, 1939
Theatrical
United States
November 2, 1956 · TV
Argentina
April 3, 1940 · Theatrical
Australia
February 1, 1940 · Theatrical
Austria
September 22, 1950 · Theatrical
Brazil
January 1, 1940 · Theatrical
Canada
November 16, 1939 · Theatrical
Chile
April 9, 1995 · TV
Denmark
March 11, 1940 · Theatrical
Finland
January 18, 1942 · Theatrical
France
April 3, 1940 · Theatrical
February 13, 2024 · Physical
Germany
December 7, 1948 · Theatrical
Greece
December 1, 1939 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
December 20, 1945 · Theatrical
Hungary
December 22, 1941 · Theatrical
Ireland
March 1, 1940 · Theatrical
Italy
March 16, 1948 · Theatrical
Japan
November 27, 1949 · Theatrical
Mexico
February 28, 1947 · Theatrical
Netherlands
November 23, 1939 · Theatrical
March 22, 1940 · Theatrical
Portugal
November 5, 1940 · Theatrical
Serbia
April 24, 1940 · Theatrical
South Africa
January 12, 1940 · Theatrical
Spain
April 12, 1941 · Theatrical
Sweden
November 23, 1939 · Theatrical
March 13, 1940 · Theatrical
Switzerland
August 14, 2010 · Digital
Türkiye
April 17, 1941 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
February 16, 1940 · Theatrical
Uruguay
May 1, 1940 · Theatrical
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