Ninotchka
1939 film by Ernst Lubitsch / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ninotchka is a 1939 American romantic comedy film made for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer by producer and director Ernst Lubitsch and starring Greta Garbo and Melvyn Douglas.[1] It was written by Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett, and Walter Reisch,[1] based on a screen story by Melchior Lengyel. Ninotchka is Greta Garbo's first full comedy, and her penultimate film; she received her third 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". In 2011, Time also included the film on the magazine's list of "All-Time 100 Movies".[2]
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Directed by | Ernst Lubitsch |
Screenplay by | Melchior Lengyel Charles Brackett Billy Wilder Walter Reisch |
Story by | Melchior Lengyel |
Produced by | Ernst Lubitsch Sidney Franklin |
Starring | Greta Garbo Melvyn Douglas Ina Claire |
Cinematography | William H. Daniels |
Edited by | Gene Ruggiero |
Music by | Werner R. Heymann |
Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date | November 9, 1939 (1939-11-09) |
Running time | 110 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $1.4 million (est.) |
Box office | $2.3 million |


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