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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9781419807749
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC
ISBN: 1419807749
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 06, 2005
Running Time: 110 minutes
Sales Rank: 9465
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1939
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Product Description:
Garbo Talks! proclaimed ads when silent star Greta Garbo debuted in talkies. Nine years and 12 classic screen dramas later the gifted movie legend was ready for another change. Garbo Laughs! cheered the publicity for her first comedy a frothy tale of a dour Russian envoy sublimating her womanhood for Soviet brotherhood until she falls for a suave Parisian man-about-town (Melvyn Douglas). Working from a cleverly barbed script written in part by Billy Wilder director Ernst Lubitsch knew better than anyone how to marry refinement with sublime wit. 'At least twice a day the most dignified human being is ridiculous' he explained about his acclaimed Lubitsch Touch. That's how we see Garbo's lovestruck Ninotchka: serenly dignified yet endearing ridiculous. Garbo laughs. So will you.Running Time: 110 min.System Requirements:Running Time 110 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: NR UPC: 012569566828
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Ah, those fun-loving Communists! In Ninotchka three Soviets make their way to Paris to sell off imperial jewels to raise money to buy tractors for the USSR. When Grand Duchess Swana (Ina Claire), former owner of the jewels, discovers what's happening, she deploys her lover Leon (Melvyn Douglas) to recover her gems. He starts a court proceeding while seducing the three bumbling Soviets with the luxuries of capitalistic life. The delay of the sale is noticed in Moscow, and Comrade Ninotchka (Greta Garbo) is dispatched to Paris to settle the matter. Soon after arrival, she meets Leon, who is charmed by her severe, uptight manner and her stunning beauty ('I love Russians! Comrade, I've been fascinated by your five-year plan for the last 15 years'), and he sets about wooing her, despite her disbelief in love (it's merely a 'chemical reaction,' she dourly informs him). Romance, jealousy, and capitalistic frivolity ensue.
When this film was released in 1939, it was advertised as 'Garbo laughs,' as it was her first and only comedy. The film, directed by Ernst Lubitsch, is amusing not only for its story line, but also for its dated look at early Communism (Ninotchka keeps a photo of a stern-looking Lenin by her bedside, although she feels uncomfortable doing so in a room that costs 2,000 francs a night, the price of a cow back home). The satirical image of the young Communist fighting against corrupt Western ways seems somewhat idealistic today but nonetheless provided levity during the shaky political times of the film's release. Viewers may be jarred by the casual 'Heil Hitler' greeting of a couple at the train station, but overall this film holds up as one of Lubitsch's masterpieces and a lighter glimpse of the mysterious Garbo. --Jenny Brown
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Garbo!
Great movie. It will make you want to purchase the other with Fred Astaire, "Silk Stockings".
Rating: - A classic comedy
Ninotchka, a Soviet commissar, is sent to Paris to round up a delegation sent to sell imperial jewels in order to raise money for the USSR. Romance ensues shortly afterwards as she is charmed despite herself by Leon, a scoundrel.
This movie is superb. I love it all over again whenever I watch it. The fact that it makes fun of the Soviet state is simply a bonus.
Rating: - "Go to bed, little father."
Largely heralded for its slogan "Garbo Laughs!," Ninotchka is a classic romantic comedy. It exemplifies the Lubitsch touch wonderfully with its witty dialogue and elegance. Yakushova Ninotchka (Greta Garbo) is a Russian envoy sent to France to sell some of the Grand Dutchess' jewels; her country is in need of funds to feed its people. The Dutchess Swana (Ina Clare) is living in France, and when she hears that her jewels are in the country, she sends her lover to handle the situation. Leon (Melvyn ... Read More
Rating: - Garbo & Wilder
What a combo! A true classic comedy. You'll watch it over and over. If you've yet to delve fully into the classics, you will never go wrong with a Billy Wilder directed film!
Rating: - Ninotchka
"Garbo Laughs!" screamed the publicity, and so will you (laugh, not scream). Director Ernst Lubitsch brings all his trademark sophistication and style to this gossamer "East meets West" romance. Garbo's transformation from icy harridan to warm, alluring female is still a wonder to behold, and Douglas is nicely understated and suitably wry as the Count, never stepping in Garbo's light too much. Peerless script by Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett, this is the movie equivalent to champagne, and, of ... Read More
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