Ninotchka (DVD)

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: serenely dignified yet endearingly ridiculous. Garbo laughs. So will you.

• UPC: 888574771218
• Release: 2018-11-05
• Content Provider: Warner
• Runtime: 110:00
• Genre: Comedy
• Language: English
• Format: DVD-NTSC
• Screen:
• Aspect: ORIGINAL ASPECT RATIO - 1.37:1, 4 X 3 FULL FRAME
• Rating: NR
• Audio: MONO - French, MONO - English
• Color/BW: BLACK & WHITE
• Special Features:
• Copyright: (c) 1939 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
• Number of Discs: 1
• Disc Format: DVD

Starring:

Greta Garbo
Melvyn Douglas
Ina Claire
Bela Lugosi
Sigfried Rumann
Felix Bressart
Alexander Granach
Gregory Gaye
Rolfe Sedan
Edwin Maxwell
Richard Carle

Written by:

Charles Brackett
Melchior Lengyel
Billy Wilder
Walter Reisch

Directed by:

Ernst Lubitsch

Produced by:

Ernst Lubitsch