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FILM: Fridays Classic Film Friday: Ninotchka (1939)
Friday, February 17, 2023 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
FREENinotchka (1939)Ernst Lubitsch, director
B/W 1 hr. 50 min.
Ninotchka is a romantic comedy starring Greta Garbo (as Nina Ivanovna “Ninotchka” Yakushova) and Melvyn Douglas (as Count Léon d’Algout). Ninotchka is best summarized by the logline by Hungarian-born Oscar-winning screenwriter Melchior Lengyel: “Russian girl saturated with Bolshevist ideals goes to fearful, capitalistic, monopolistic Paris. She meets romance and has an uproarious good time. Capitalism not so bad, after all.” Ninotchka is Greta Garbo’s first comedy for which she received her third Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.